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Trump Was Planning to Visit FBI Headquarters, but the FBI Was Like, ‘Nah, Stay Home’
President Donald Trump had planned to make a visit to the headquarters of the FBI, but those plans were changed after the White House was told he would not be greeted warmly if he showed up. You know how nervy your president is. Even after firing FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, Trump thought it would…
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A Conspiracy Theorist’s Guide to FBI Director James Comey’s Firing
President Vladimir TrumPutin and his Big Baller Brand-ass administration is like N.W.A when they dropped their first album. They’re brash, abrasive and in-your-face. At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if TrumPutin, Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer, Steve “Big Poppa” Bannon and Jared “Got Dem Visas” Kushner just walked out of the Oval Office like this:…
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Baltimore’s Mayor Asks FBI to Help Curb City’s Murder Rate
So far this year, there have been 100 homicides in Baltimore, and Mayor Catherine Pugh wants the FBI’s help. During her weekly address Wednesday, Pugh said that she wanted to get a handle on the murder rate before the summer begins. “Murder is out of control,” said Pugh. “There are too many guns on the…
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Chicago Police Report ‘Considerable Progress’ in Investigation Into Killing of Cook County Judge
Chicago police are questioning multiple “people of interest” in the fatal shooting of a Cook County, Ill., judge near his home early Monday morning. Chicago Police Department spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi confirmed to the Associated Press in an email Wednesday that investigators are “questioning individuals” in the case as people of interest, although he declined to…
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FBI Conspired Against MLK; Tries to ‘Honor’ Him on Twitter 49 Years Later
On the 49th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the FBI took to Twitter Tuesday to honor his life, work and commitment to justice. Along with a photo of King from the Library of Congress, the FBI included a graphic of the following quote from him with its tweet: “We…
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Black Lawmakers Call on Justice and the FBI to Help With Missing DC Girls
The Congressional Black Caucus recently reached out to the Justice Department and FBI, asking the federal agencies to help local police investigate a rash of black and Hispanic missing teens in the nation’s capital.* The letter, obtained Thursday by the Associated Press, was sent by Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) and Del.…
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FBI Has Information Suggesting Trump’s Team Worked With Russians to Hurt Clinton’s Campaign: Report
The heat is turning up on the White House with news reports claiming that an FBI investigation into this Beverly Hillbillies administration has found that President Vladimir TrumPutin’s associates communicated with suspected Russian operatives before the presidential election to release damaging information about Hillary Clinton’s campaign. On Monday, FBI Director James Comey told Congress that…
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FBI Refused White House Request to Tell Public Trump-Russia Stories Were False: Report
Now, this is getting interesting: The FBI reportedly rejected a White House request to stop media reports about communication between President Donald Trump’s associates and the Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign. Of course, a White House official claims the request was only made after the FBI learned the reports were false, but at this…
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FBI Says There’s Nothing in Clinton’s Emails, but That Doesn’t Stop Trump
Remember those new emails found by the FBI while it was investigating someone not named Hillary Clinton? Remember how the FBI director broke a respected long-standing agreement between the federal agency and the Department of Justice not to leak information regarding an ongoing investigation? Now it turns out that emails found on a computer used…
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So Basically FBI Director James Comey Just Trolled The Entire Country? (Fuck This Election, Man)
I’m trying (and failing) to think of a good and succinct analogy for what the FBI has done this month. Which is, of course, announce two weeks before the election that they were reopening their investigation into a non-issue (Clinton’s emails — a clear and blatant political McGuffin). Which, of course, could potentially have a…