Paul Manafort is well and truly screwed and we might be, too. The FBI had such damning evidence against him that even during the 2016 election, a judge signed off on a warrant to wiretap Manafort’s communications and that surveillance continued after Trump was sworn in as president:The FBI resumed …Continue reading Continue Reading at […]
Archive | fbi
The GOP’s Latest Hillary Distraction Takes Political Retribution Into Dangerous Waters
Earlier this year, political activist Alexei Navalny was found guilty by a Russian court of embezzling 16 million rubles worth of timber. The charges were clearly fabricated and the verdict a sham. But, coincidentally, the guilty verdict makes Navalny ineligible to run against Russian president …Continue reading Continue Reading at https://thedailybanter.com
Trump Accuses Comey of Perjury While Dodging Questions About Secret Tapes He Probably Made Up
At a White House press conference today, President Trump accused former FBI director James Comey of perjuring himself before the US Senate—a very serious charge—and further advanced the ridiculous charade that he can prove it all with secret “tapes” which almost certainly do not exist.Read more… Continue Reading at http://gizmodo.com
Fired FBI Director James Comey Reports to the Senate About Trump [Updating]
Fired FBI Director James Comey arrived on Capitol Hill Thursday to deliver what’s been billed as the most highly anticipated congressional testimony in history and that’s hardly an embellishment.Read more… Continue Reading at http://gizmodo.com
How to Watch James Comey’s Testimony About President Trump, No Cable Required
President Trump fired James Comey as FBI Director on May 9th. Ever since, the American people have been wondering what Comey knows about the Trump regime and its possible collusion with Russia. Today we finally get some answers. And thankfully there are a lot of ways to watch online.Read more… Continue Reading at http://gizmodo.com
Kim Dotcom Says FBI File About Seth Rich is Fake, But He Won’t Delete It From Twitter
Have you seen that FBI file, purporting to be about the death of DNC staffer Seth Rich? Kim Dotcom, who thrust himself into the story recently by telling Sean Hannity that he had evidence Rich had sent documents to Wikileaks, published the document on Twitter, helping to spread it online. Dotcom now acknowledges that…Read more… […]
The Trump Organization Was Reportedly Hit by Overseas Hackers, Triggering an FBI Probe
The FBI has reportedly launched an inquiry into an attempted cyberattack targeting members of the first family.Read more… Continue Reading at http://gizmodo.com
Federal Agents Are Now Using ‘Stingrays’ to Track and Capture Undocumented Immigrants
Controversial cellphone tracking technology is being deployed as a tool in President Donald Trump’s expanding effort to arrest and deport illegal US residents.Read more… Continue Reading at http://gizmodo.com
A Fascinating Theory: Comey Forced Trump to Fire Him
How far would you go to take down a corrupt president like Trump? Would you make yourself such a nuisance that he would panic and tip his hand? That might just be what former FBI Director James Comey did. Now that it’s been revealed that Comey kept detailed notes of his highly …Continue reading Continue Reading at http://thedailybanter.com
A Fascinating Theory: Comey Forced Trump to Fire Him
How far would you go to take down a corrupt president like Trump? Would you make yourself such a nuisance that he would panic and tip his hand? That might just be what former FBI Director James Comey did. Now that it’s been revealed that Comey kept detailed notes of his highly …Continue reading Continue Reading at https://thedailybanter.com
Concerns Swell That Trump Will Pick a Total Lackey for FBI Director
As President Trump continues to weigh a replacement for former FBI Director James Comey—whom Trump abruptly fired last week—the lawmakers who oversee the bureau’s authority are growing increasingly concerned that a White House sycophant might top the list.Read more… Continue Reading at http://gizmodo.com
Like A Moron, Trump Confirms White House Is Lying About Firing Comey
Because Donald Trump’s style of governance is to blurt out a decree, which almost aways leaves his minions scrambling to justify said decree with little to no warning about what the hell just happened, it really hasn’t been a surprise that the official White House story on firing FBI Director James …Continue reading Continue Reading […]
Like A Moron, Trump Confirms White House Is Lying About Firing Comey
Because Donald Trump’s style of governance is to blurt out a decree, which almost aways leaves his minions scrambling to justify said decree with little to no warning about what the hell just happened, it really hasn’t been a surprise that the official White House story on firing FBI Director James …Continue reading Continue Reading […]
Trump’s Downfall is Coming: FBI Sources Say He Fired Comey For Accelerating Russia Investigation
Update: In the midst of writing this column, the Washington Post reported that more than 30 White House officials claim that Trump fired Comey over the president’s “brewing personal animus” towards the FBI director, and not for reasons listed in the official narrative. The shit is hitting the …Continue reading Continue Reading at https://thedailybanter.com
Trump’s Downfall is Coming: FBI Sources Say He Fired Comey For Accelerating Russia Investigation
Update: In the midst of writing this column, the Washington Post reported that more than 30 White House officials claim that Trump fired Comey over the president’s “brewing personal animus” towards the FBI director, and not for reasons listed in the official narrative. The shit is hitting the …Continue reading Continue Reading at http://thedailybanter.com
Fox News Got Trump Elected and Fox News is the Reason He’ll Stay in Power
Yesterday, President Trump shocked the world by firing FBI Director James Comey, the man who was leading the investigation into the Trump regime’s ties to Russia. Trump has sparked a constitutional crisis, as many Americans wonder if Trump has fundamentally broken our admittedly imperfect system of checks and…Read more… Continue Reading at http://gizmodo.com
Following Comey’s Firing, Lawmakers Call for Independent Russia Investigation
“I simply said to him, ‘Mr. President, in all due respect, you’re making a very big mistake,’” Senator Chuck Schumer told reporters this evening. Schumer was referring to Trump’s sudden decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. The Senate minority leader then proceeded to call for a special investigation, a move that…Read more… Continue Reading […]
Donald Trump Just Fired FBI Director James Comey
President Donald Trump has just fired James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Read more… Continue Reading at http://gizmodo.com
FBI Director: ‘I Am Not a Tweeter’
James Comey may have an account on Twitter, but, as the FBI director made perfectly clear on Monday, he is certainly not a filthy “tweeter.”Read more… Continue Reading at http://gizmodo.com
The FBI Paid $900,000 to Unlock the San Bernardino Terrorist’s iPhone
Following the terrorist attack in San Bernardino in December of 2015, there was a lot of controversy over whether Apple should help the FBI open one of the terrorist’s phones. Ultimately, the FBI found a private company that helped crack it open, but we had no idea how much that effort cost the government. Until […]