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The Weiner is Released From Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner, whose misbehavior on social media landed him behind bars, has been been released from federal prison and is serving out the rest of his sentence in a halfway house, CNN reports. Weiner was sentenced in 2017 to 21 months in federal prison for sexting with a minor. He…
Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe: Crime May Have Been Committed When Trump Fired Comey; Sen. Graham Talks Of Investigation
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s interview on 60 Minutes on Sunday has stirred up dust inside the Beltway and beyond including talk of a Senate investigation. McCabe, who was fired by the Trump administration, said that a “crime may have been committed” when President Donald Trump fired the head of…
Poll Shows More Find Robert Mueller Credible Than President Trump
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Americans see Robert S. Mueller III as being far more credible than President Trump, but the public has scattered and partisan perceptions of Mueller’s motives and findings so far, a new Washington Post-Schar School poll reveals. The Post reports that by a 56 to 33 percent margin, more say they trust Mueller’s version…
FBI Investigating Singer-Songwriter Ryan Adams For Alleged Communications with Underage Fan
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether the singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, 44, committed a crime by engaging in sexually explicit communications with an underage fan, the New York Times reports, citing “a law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter.” Adams and a young woman, who said her online communications with the singer…
Trump Attacks Ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Who Just Authored a Book
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise here. President Donald Trump came out swinging Thursday, on Valentine’s Day, after ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired, talked about his new book in an interview with 60 Minutes. Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a “poor little Angel” when in fact he was…
Fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Says He Ordered Probe Into Trump’s Possible Obstruction of Justice
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fired Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who has just written a book about the FBI and Donald Trump, tells “60 Minutes” that he ordered an obstruction of justice investigation into the president after talking with him after he fired James Comey. “I was speaking to the man who had just run for…
Judge Says Paul Manafort Lied; Is a Pardon His Only Hope?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As the old idiom goes, Paul Manafort is in hot water. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of D.C. ruled Wednesday that the former Trump campaign chairman, who had been cooperating with authorities, lied to prosecutors with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III about the probe into Russian interference in the…