Category: FBI
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Despite criminal pardon, ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort agrees to pay big to settle civil penalties
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Former Trump campaign manager and Palm Beach Gardens resident Paul Manafort has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle federal charges that he failed to disclose foreign bank accounts he used to funnel “millions of dollars” to himself without paying income taxes. -
FEC deadlocks on ‘serious’ Cindy Yang case; Republican loyalists make Trump ’53-0′ in FEC enforcement cases
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Remember Cindy Yang? She’s the South Florida massage parlor owner who gained notoriety in 2019 for marketing tourism packages to Chinese businessmen featuring access to American politicians, including then-President Trump. A deadlocked FEC has decided not to investigate her case. -
DeSantis looking to oust Sheriff Gregory Tony? He gets to replace him if he waits til after September 5th
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
There’s an interesting date on next month’s calendar that’s making the rounds in Broward and Tallahassee. September 5th is supposedly the big day. -
Elite Broward Sheriff’s Advisory Council wrote $10K checks to spouses of murdered FBI agents, Gregory Tony demanded to present them
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After two FBI agents serving a search warrant were gunned down in Sunrise on Feb. 2, 2021, the nonprofit Broward Sheriff’s Advisory Council took quick action to cut a pair of $10,000 checks to help the agents’ surviving spouses. Normally, the council presents such checks. Not this time. -
Head of Miami FBI office Piro retires; Bid-rigging probe of Broward Sheriff Tony returns to Miami
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami FBI Special Agent in Charge George Piro is retiring, after sources say he was shown the door by FBI headquarters in Washington following a complaint by a subordinate that Piro improperly transferred his office’s bid-rigging investigation of Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony to South Carolina. -
A ‘state secret’ no more: New FBI report says Saudi government officials provided support network for 9/11 hijackers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A 130-page FBI report written only last July lays out the numerous connections of U.S.-based “personnel and entities controlled by the Saudi Arabian government” to the al Qaeda terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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