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Ex-Head of Chicago FBI Rips Trump For Talk About Commuting Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Robert Grant, a longtime colleague and friend of special counsel Robert Mueller who headed the FBI’s Chicago office at the time of the Rod Blagojevich investigation, blasts President Donald Trump for suggesting he might commute the 14-year sentence of Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor. He accuses Trump of acting out of…

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Rep. Adam Schiff’s Letter to the FBI Praises The “Hard Working Men and Women at the Bureau’

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin writes a column titled: “A letter to the FBI that would be unnecessary under any other president.” She writes about ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), who wrote an open letter to the FBI on Wednesday, ostensibly voicing his support for the…

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Rudy Giuliani Attacks GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy For Defending FBI

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Hoping to bowel over anyone who gets in their way, Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s latest attack dog, is going after Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, who defended the FBI’s use of a confidential source to investigate potential Russian outreach to individuals connected to Trump’s presidential campaign. “He’s drinking the Kool-Aid,” Giuliani tells…

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It’s Only Getting Wilder: Trump Considering Pardoning Martha Stewart and Commuting Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If TV ratings is the real goal, President Donald Trump is killing it. Trump indicated Thursday he’s considering pardoning for TV personality Martha Stewart and commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is serving 14 years for public corruption. Trump also said Thursday that he would offer a…

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Tedious Work: FBI Piecing Together Shredded Documents From Michael Cohen Raid

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sometimes FBI work can be pretty tedious. The agency is piecing together shredded documents found in its raid of Michael Cohen’s home and office while investigating President Trump’s personal attorney for suspected financial crimes, The Hill reports. CNN reports that there is not a large amount of shredded material. The federal government has so…

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