The Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell is the latest target of Trump’s retribution campaign against his critics, the congressman confirmed on Thursday. NBC News reports that Swalwell is facing a federal criminal investigation for alleged mortgage fraud, just as three other Democratic officials have faced in recent months. The outlet says the director of the Federal […]
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Undercover police officer fabricated gun plot by animal rights activists, his managers tell inquiry | Undercover police and policing
Managers of an undercover police officer believed he had concocted a plot in which animal rights activists purportedly sought to obtain a gun to inflict a revenge attack on a political opponent, the spycops public inquiry has heard. The officer, James Thomson, claimed he had uncovered the plot while he infiltrated animal rights groups. But […]