The rookie feds

Move over, Backstreet Boys, there's a new boy band in town -- introducing the Backstreet Bills!!! Rookies on Buffalo's offensive line ripped their shirts off and gave a heartfelt rendition of "I Want It That Way" as part of their introduction to the team on Thursday ... and honestly, we're impressed!! Tanner Owen , Alec Anderson and the guys alternated the classic lyrics as superstars Josh Allen and Co. watched the performance ... with the QB even turning on his iPhone flashlight to replicate a lighter. There was also a bit of dancing going on -- proving the guys were truly giving 100% out there, even if they didn't have an empty airport to use for the big performance. Rooks have been showing off their pipes recently as part of the yearly tradition -- as we previously reported, Eagles top pick Jordan Davis wowed the crowd with his cover of "Mary Jane" by Rick James just a few days ago. Who said jocks can't sing?! … [Read more...] about Bills Rookie Linemen Sing Shirtless Rendition Of Backstreet Boys Song

Full Send Podcast Elon Musk says he fell under a government microscope after smoking weed with Joe Rogan ... claiming the feds randomly drug tested him. The world's richest man sat down for a podcast Tuesday with the Nelk Boys and John Shahidi , recalling the backlash he got from Uncle Sam over what he says was one measly rip from a blunt while on Rogan's show. Joe Rogan Experience Remember, Elon blazed it up with Joe back in September 2018, sparking up on camera while talking about Tesla's plans for an airplane. The video went viral and then Tesla's stock briefly plummeted on the heels of the smoke sesh. Elon says the federal response was "pretty nutty" ... explaining the problem is ganja is still illegal federally, and because he runs SpaceX -- which holds lucrative government contracts -- the feds tested him for a range of illicit drugs. Gallery Launch Gallery Instagram It's interesting ... Elon claims the real … [Read more...] about Elon Musk Says Feds Drug Tested Him After Smoking Blunt with Joe Rogan

Getty Composite What do you do when you got a nickname like "Sauce??" You get a custom diamond hot sauce bottle, of course!! New York Jets rookie Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner recently copped an incredible piece of jewelry to honor his special nickname ... and the thing will put Frank's, Tabasco and Tapatio to shame!! TMZ Sports has learned ... Sauce hit up Al the Jeweler in Totowa, New Jersey for the special request ... and we're told the whole thing took a month to complete. Al tells us the blinged-out item is made up of over 20 carats of VS diamonds ... including emerald baguettes and round cuts. As it turns out, Sauce has had diamond bottle bling made for him before ... rocking a similar piece around his neck at the NFL Draft. Sauce certainly knows his way around the jewelry store -- he also went to Al for an amazing "Sauce" chain in the past as well. “When I look good, I feel good. When I feel good, I play good.” … [Read more...] about Jets Star Rookie Sauce Gardner Gets Custom Diamond Sauce Bottle

NY Jets rookie safety Calvin Pryor tells TMZ Sports he CAN'T WAIT to finally take on one particular NFL superstar when he takes the field this season ... but first, he's got SHOES TO BUY!!! Pryor was leaving the famous Flight Club shoe store in NYC yesterday (with THREE bags of kicks) when we he told us how fired up he is to finally play against one of his NFL heroes. The clip is great -- Calvin seems genuinely fired up about being in the NFL. One more thing ... Pryor is a bona fide sneakerhead ... and told us he once dropped $1,200 for a pair of ultra-rare sneaks. But the real question ... once you buy 'em, do you wear 'em?? … [Read more...] about NY Jets Rookie Safety — OH, THE SHOEMANITY … Goes On 1st NYC Shopping Spree!

Donald Trump is worried he may have a rat — or multiple rats — in his midst. He’s wondering if his phones are tapped, or even if one of his buddies could be “wearing a wire.” As the federal and state investigations into Trump and his orbit swell , so have the former president’s suspicions, according to two sources familiar with the matter and another two people close to the twice-impeached former Oval Office occupant. This summer, Trump has asked close associates if they think his communications are being monitored by the feds, or — per his phrasing — “by Biden.” As a source close to Trump describes it to Rolling Stone : “He has asked me and others, ‘Do you think our phones are tapped?’ Given the sheer volume of investigations going on into the [former] president, I do not think he’s assuming anything is outside the realm of possibility.” The source adds, “He’s talked about this seriously [in the past few months], but I know of one time when he made a joke that … [Read more...] about With Feds Circling, Trump Asks Allies: Who’s ‘Wearing a Wire’?

Federal agents have executed a search of Donald Trump ’s property at Mar-a-Lago . The former president broke the news himself in a statement, decrying that his “beautiful home” was “occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” Trump — who is under congressional investigation by the Jan. 6 committee, which has laid out a devastating case that he knowingly unleashed violence on the U.S. Capitol in a final, desperate bid to cling to power following an election he knew he lost — claimed to be the victim of “lawlessness” and “political persecution” by “Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President in 2024.” The federal raid of the former president, which indeed appears to be unprecedented, surprised Trump in its thoroughness. “They even broke into my safe!” the former president lamented. Trump’s team is also none too pleased. People close to the ex-president reacted with a mix of horror, fear, and anger. Four sources close to Trump or who still work for … [Read more...] about Trump Says the Feds Raided Mar-a-Lago: ‘They Even Broke Into My Safe!’

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), one of Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters in Congress, says federal authorities seized his phone on Tuesday, a day after the FBI raided the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate . Perry’s office later reiterated to Rolling Stone that the FBI seized the congressman’s phone Tuesday morning. “This morning, while traveling with my family, three FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone,” Perry told Fox News . “They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish. I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting member of Congress. My phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal/private discussions with my wife, family, constituents, and friends. None of this is the government’s business.” It’s unclear why Perry’s phone was allegedly seized, or if it is in … [Read more...] about MAGA Lawmaker Who Tried to Overturn Election Says the Feds Seized His Phone

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a member of Iran ’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in connection with an alleged assassination plot against former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton . Axios reported later on Wednesday that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been informed that he was a second target of the alleged plot. According to prosecutors , Iranian national and IRGC member Shahram Poursafi offered $300,000 to hire someone to “eliminate” Bolton, who while in the Trump administration helped lead an effort to exert “maximum pressure” against Iran in the form of sanctions and threats for its alleged support of terrorism. Prosecutors said Poursafi contacted a person whom the Justice Department referred to as a “confidential human source” and offered first $250,000, then $300,000 to kill Bolton. Poursafi also mentioned he had another “job” for the source and would pay $1 million for it. The other job, according to Axios, was killing … [Read more...] about Feds Charge Iranian Operative in Plot to Assassinate Former Trump Officials

EXCLUSIVE: North America is getting its latest free streaming service later this month. Mometu , which is marketing itself as a “hand curated” on-demand live streaming platform, will launch on August 19 and has secured free streaming rights to South Korean feature The Policeman’s Lineage . The service will launch with a slate of legacy films and TV series as Dragnet , Bonanza , Batman , Jackie Chan-starrer The 36 Crazy Fists , Apache Ross , documentary Blues on Beale , Sandra Bullock’s Hangmen , Herman Yau action-thriller Shock Wave 2 , Nollywood director Okey Ifeanyi’s Long Walk to Truth and The Gods , which Mykel Shannon Jenkins ( Paper Tigers ) directed, starred in and wrote. In September, it will add the exclusive AVoD premiere of Kyu-maan Lee’s crime thriller feature The Policeman’s Lineage , starring Woo-sik Choi ( Parasite ), Jin-woong Cho ( The Handmaiden ), Myeong-hoon Park ( Parasite ) and Hee-soon Park (Apple TV+’s Dr. … [Read more...] about Free Streamer Mometu To Launch In North America; Service Acquires AVoD Rights To Korean Crime Drama ‘The Policeman’s Lineage’

DENVER, COLORADO — Dr. Larry Rudolph was always going to testify for himself. His lawyer wanted him to, but didn’t want Larry to appear rehearsed, like in the hokey TV ads for his dental practice back in Pittsburgh. His girlfriend, Lori Milliron, tells Rolling Stone she agreed that Larry should take control of what she calls a nearly six-year “witch hunt” by the FBI and federal prosecutors. “When I was still able to talk to him on the phone, before I was arrested,” she says, “I told him, ‘You need to get on the stand and tell your story.’ He was like, ‘I dunno.’” But the feds were recording last winter’s prison calls between the defendant and his hygienist, turned mistress, turned business partner, turned partner in crime. If Larry, a figure cut from Trumpian cloth, was going to beat the charges — that he killed his wife on safari in Africa, so that he could spend millions in life-insurance payouts to live large with Lori — then his legal strategy would require overcoming the … [Read more...] about ‘Worse Than the O.J. Glove’: The Dentist, the Love Triangle, and the Trial of the Safari Murder Mystery