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Opinion Piece: ‘Inspector General’s Report Actually Makes The FBI Look Pretty Good’
Chris Truax is an appellate lawyer in California and sits on the legal advisory board for Republicans for the Rule of Law. He wrote this for InsideSources.com. By Chris Truax For The Last Vegas Sun There is no doubt that the inspector general’s report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation is going…
Head of Border Patrol Agents’ Union Says We Can’t Stop ‘Catch and Release’
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council and head of the union representing Border Patrol agents, tells CNN there’s “no way” the “catch and release” of deportable immigrants can stop under President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep undocumented immigrant parents and children together. Judd said in a Thursday interview with…
Ex-Sheriff Joe Claims Justice Department Meddled in His Failed 2016 Campaign
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If anything, ex-Maricopa County Sheriff and congressional candidate Joe Arpaio knows how to grab headlines. The latest: He’s asking the U.S. Justice Department to look into his claim that the agency meddled in his unsuccessful 2016 campaign for sheriff, KTAR News reports. Arpaio alleges that the Justice Department tried to sway…
FBI Agent Peter Strzok No Longer Has Security Clearance
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Peter Strzok, the FBI agent whose anti-Trump emails have come back to haunt him, no longer has security clearance, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday, The Hill reports. “Mr. Strzok as I understand has lost his security clearance,” Sessions stated during a radio interview on “The Howie Carr Show,” the Hill reports. Strzok was recently…
Sen. Marco Rubio Joins Others in Call for IG to Investigate DEA’s Haiti Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sen. Marco Rubio has joined the chorus of politicians calling for an investigation into the DEA’s Haiti office following allegations of potential whistle-blower retaliation and mishandling of personnel matters, the Miami Herald reports. “Allegations of whistle-blower retaliation and personnel issues are extremely concerning and, if true, are counterproductive to the DEA’s…
Secret Service Notified of Peter Fonda’s Angry Quote That
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Secret Service has been alerted about a tweet by actor Peter Fonda, who said President Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, should be separated from his mother and put “in a cage with pedophiles,” CNN reports. “We should rip Barron Trump from his mother’s arms and put him in a…
FBI Announces New Assignments for 4 Officials
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI, which has come under increased attack following the release of the Inspector General’s report, continues to make changes in management. Changes include: Robert Allan Jones has been named special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh Field Office. Jones most recently served as the assistant director for the Weapons of…