By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It was anticipated for many months, and on Wednesday federal prosecutors indicted imprisoned ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on 19-criminal counts stemming from his scheme to use the nonprofit Kilpatrick Civic Fund for personal benefit and campaign expenses. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said that Kilpatrick, who is serving prison time for state…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is finishing off his prison term in a halfway house in Maryland, has got a new gig: It’s with a kosher pizza joint in Baltimore. The Baltimore Jewish Times reports that he is working at Tov Pizza with owner Ron Rosenbluth “in almost all areas of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the end, the weight of a letter signed by a dozen ex-U.S. Attorneys, a former Solicitor General and six ex-Attorney Generals including Janet Reno, Ramsey Clark and Edwin Meese III, carried little weight in the sentencing Tuesday of Sholom Rubashskin, the former chief executive of an Iowa kosher meat packing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In Washington, and elsewhere, leaks happen often. The media quote anonymous sources on a regular basis, and sometimes note that the leaker doesn’t want to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the information. Finding those leaks is no easy task. The Associated Press reports that U.S. intelligence agencies have…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The federal prosecutors aren’t done trying to recover more of the poisonous fruits from Bernie Madoff and his people. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of Manhattan announced Tuesday that his office filed civil complaints against former Madoff employees Annette Bongiorno and Joann Crupi to recoup $5 million in assets they had. Both…
