Tickle The Wire

By Steve Neavling An ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan man through the door of a Minneapolis home and then lying about what happened is now jailed in Minnesota, ending months of efforts by state authorities to bring him back from Texas, Reuters reports. Christian Castro, 52, was arrested Wednesday by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents and booked into the Hennepin County jail.

U.S. Capitol Building. Photo: Shutterstock By Steve Neavling Billionaire investor Leon Black could face criminal prosecution after the House held him in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas in its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, the Associated Press reports. The House approved the resolution by unanimous consent Wednesday and referred the matter to the Justice Department, which will decide whether to pursue charges.

Kash Patel. Photo via Shutterstock By Steve Neavling FBI Director Kash Patel defended the dismissal of scores of bureau employees Tuesday while declining to rule out sending agents to polling locations during the November midterm elections, drawing repeated questions about the direction of the agency during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, The Washington Post reports.

Former FBI Director James Comey By Steve Neavling The Justice Department’s effort to resurrect criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James ran into tough questions Tuesday from a federal appeals court over whether the prosecutor who secured the indictments was lawfully appointed, Reuters reports.

This story was first published in ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. To donate to ProPublica click here. By Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski On May 24, Donald Trump Jr. was celebrating in the Bahamas, as scantily clad dancers in stilettos and sailor caps performed for him and his guests. It was the last night of his wedding, a lavish, three-day party held across a pair of ultra-exclusive private islands.

By Steve Neavling A federal whistleblower says Homeland Security officials pushed agents into a rushed nationwide search for noncitizen voters that may have violated state laws and wrongly created federal law enforcement records on eligible U.S. citizens, The New York Times reports. The nearly 30-page disclosure, made public Monday by Sens.

Former CIA Director John Brennan By Steve Neavling Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury examining a wide-ranging theory that President Trump’s civil rights were violated, according to a new court filing, NBC News reports. The subpoena was signed by Justice Department official Joe diGenova just one day before he abruptly resigned from the department. DiGenova signed the subpoena Sept.

By Allan Lengel CBS’s 60 Minutes launched the new season Sunday night with a hard-hitting report talking about how well-heeled people are dishing out big bucks to get pardons or commutations from the Trump White House. Pardon brokers meet with couple in hotel lobby. Veteran correspondent Leslie Stahl reports that people seeking pardons are making big campaign donations or hiring pardon brokers, including lawyers and lobbyists, “who sell their ties to the president, for exorbitant fees.

By Steve Neavling Federal judges are increasingly ordering the Trump administration to bring immigrants back to the U.S. after finding they were deported despite court orders, pending appeals, or other legal protections, raising new questions about whether the government’s mass-deportation push is overwhelming safeguards designed to prevent unlawful removals, Politico reports.

Homeland Security Director Markwayne Mullin By Steve Neavling Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is stepping up his mass-deportation message as he faces growing criticism from immigration hardliners who say the Trump administration has backed away from the aggressive enforcement tactics it promised, Politico reports. The backlash has dogged Mullin for weeks, even as immigration arrests have climbed to record levels under his leadership.