Justice Department Directs IG to Investigate Trump’s Claim of FBI Spying on HIs Campaign

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s the latest political storm in Washington. The Justice Department on Monday directed, a the behest of President Donald Trump, the Inspector General to probe the president’s allegation that his campaign had been “infiltrated or surveilled” by the FBI, NBC News reports. “The Department has asked the Inspector General to expand the…

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Sally Yates: Trump ‘Tearing Down the Legitimacy’ of the Justice Department

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sally Yates, the acting Attorney General fired by President Donald Trump last year, says the president’s caustic tweets aimed at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller are collectively “tearing down the legitimacy” of the Justice Department, Yahoo! News reports. Yates, speaking at the 2018…

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Trump Wants Justice Department to Go After Oakland Mayor For Tipping Off Residents About ICE Raids

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com California in particular has been bumping heads with President Donald Trump over immigration policy. The latest: Trump wants the Department of Justice to investigate Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf  for obstruction of justice after she warned constituents of upcoming raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across northern California, Newsweek reports. “I mean,…

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Ex-FBI Agent Pleads Guilt to Leaking Secrets to Media

By Steve Neavling Ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent has pleaded guilty to leaking confidential documents to a news organization, becoming the first federal employee convicted as part of the Justice Department’s crackdown on government leaks. Terry James Albury, 39, who previously was a special agent in the Minneapolis division, faces up to 20 years in…

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