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U.S. Representative Michael Myers, second from left, holds an envelope containing $50,000 that he just received from undercover FBI agents. Abscam, sometimes written ABSCAM, was a Federal Bureau of Investigation sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven members from both chambers of the United States Congress and others for bribery and corruption. [1]
He made disclosures to senior FBI staff, but was retaliated against as a result. [35] Kobus then faced retaliation in the workplace, which included being moved to work in a near-empty office, and agency employees mishandling his requests for time off. [36] The U.S. Department of Justice later found that the FBI had retaliated against him. [36]
She lost her retirement fund after the “FBI” told her she was the victim of a crime. This Maryland senior was tricked into believing she was an FBI ‘asset’ in a drug smuggling case — the ...
The FBI also spied upon and collected information on Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos and his Nationalist political party in the 1930s. Albizu Campos was convicted three times in connection with deadly attacks on US government officials: in 1937 (Conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States), in 1950 (attempted murder), and in 1954 (after an armed assault on ...
A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign with withering criticism of the ...
An Associated Press investigation has identified at least six sexual misconduct allegations involving senior FBI officials over the past five years, including two new claims brought this week by ...
[49] [50] [51] On May 10, the FBI declined to provide the form, citing confidentiality and the lack of credibility it would provide. [52] One purported informant the committee sought to interview was Gal Luft, who claimed to inform FBI and Justice Department agents in March 2019 of alleged Biden corruption. A dual US-Israeli citizen, Luft was ...
Watch live as a judge will hear misconduct allegations against the Georgia prosecutor leading an election-subversion case against Donald Trump. Mr Trump and his co-defendants are seeking to remove ...