Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s ongoing investigation into illegal fundraising for Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm’s 2010 campaign has led agents to question of at least four people who worked with the Tea Party favorite, the New York Daily News reports. The four who were questioned in the past two weeks were campaign operatives or…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former campaign fundraiser for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was arrested Wednesday on charges he paid bribes and kickbacks related to his outpatient surgery centers, the Associated Press reports. Raghuveer Nayak pleaded not guilty and was released on $10 million bond. The FBI accuses him of…
By Del Quentin WIlber and Keith L. Alexander Washington Post When federal authorities began to investigate allegations of corruption involving prominent D.C. politicians and their campaigns last year, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. took a keen interest in the probes. Machen, the District’s top prosecutor, prodded his staff to work through weekends, demanded regular…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The politics surrounding ATF’s failed Operation Fast and Furious began to sizzle Wednesday, with Republicans leading the charge against Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, voting along party lines, voted 23 to 17 to hold Holder in contempt for failing to turn over documents pertaining…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 120 stolen artifacts with a price tag of about $5 million is returning to the Polish Museum of America, the Chicago Tribune reports. The artifacts, from 18th century documents to Nazi propaganda, disappeared from the museum in the 1970s and 1980s, according to the Tribune. The FBI did no announce…
By Jazmine Ulloa Austin American-Statesman Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán – the man labeled the world’s most powerful drug trafficker – is not among the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Neither is his rival, Heriberto Lazcano, though he is said to run one of the most vicious illicit networks to move tons of cocaine and marijuana…
Update: Fox News reports that President Obama has granted an 11th-hour request by Attorney General Eric Holder to exert executive privilege over the release of Fast and Furious documents. Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Short of last minute document dump, Fox News reports Republicans are poised to take a vote on a contempt resolution against Atty. General…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lawyer known for defending terrorism suspects has been indicted in the Northern District of New York on charges that he failed to file tax returns, the Associated Press reports. The attorney, Stanley Cohen, called the indictment politically motivated. If convicted, Cohen faces prison time and fines. Cohen is accused of not…
