Two former U.S. attorneys allegedly fired as part of a political purge reportedly predict possible criminal charges against senior Justice Department officials as a result of the dismissals.
Remember when the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, possibly as part of a political purge, was an issue in ongoing Congressional committee hearings? Now it appears that the correct number…
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has apologized and asked members of Congress to help the Justice Department focus on its crime-fighting mission, in a written statement submitted in anticipation of…
Todd Graves of Missouri wasn’t among the eight fired U.S. attorneys, but he was on a preliminary Justice Department list of prosecutors targeted for removal. And he was also targeted…
A defense lawyer yelled and pounded his fist on the table, prompting a scolding yesterday from the judge presiding over the murder trial of Phil Spector.
A controversial lawyer got a job with the federal prosecutor’s office for the District of Columbia after four senior Justice Department officials intervened on his behalf.
Tapes of an accused terrorist played in the trial of a physician who is alleged to be a co-conspirator reveal a plot that was long on talk and short on…
Chevron is negotiating a plea deal that includes at least $25 million in fines and an acknowledgment that it should have known kickbacks were being paid to Saddam Hussein in…
Congressional investigators reportedly are probing whether a ninth U.S. attorney should be included among the current list of eight top prosecutors who allegedly may have been fired as part of…
In what reportedly may be the first time this has happened in Oregon, a prosecutor in Deschutes County is asking a convicted defendant to foot a substantial portion of the…
Lining up potential witnesses in the ongoing Congressional investigation of alleged politically motivated firing of prosecutors and hiring of career attorneys at the Justice Department, legislators both called a new…
A new name is emerging in the ongoing controversy over the suspected influence of Republican party politics in the appointment of federal prosecutors: Bradley Schlozman.
In all the arguing over whether U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should be asked to resign, several important facts seem to have been forgotten, a former member of Congress says.
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