Lobbyist Jack Abramoff became the poster child for lobbyist/political corruption on Capitol Hill. His associate Kevin Ring is lucky to have gotten off with a mistrial. It’s not likely that the government will go after him again considering that the jury deadlocked on all 8 counts–unless the votes on some or all of the counts…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Back in the day, Ford ran a commercial that said: “Ford Has a Better Idea”. Chinese National Xiang Dong Yu figured that was still the case. The former product engineer for the Ford Motor Co. was indicted in the Motor City on charges that he stole trade secrets from the automaker…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed the U.S. Attorneys for Alaska and South Dakota. Brendan Johnson, the son of Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) was confirmed for South Dakota post, and Karen Loeffler for Alaska. OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST Top Mexican Drug Cartel Figure Pleads Guilty in San Diego (AP) 20…
The more that comes out, the scarier this sounds. By Brett J. Blackledge Associated Press The airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bombing in New York had contacts with al-Qaeda that went nearly to the top, to an Osama bin Laden confidant believed to be the terrorist group’s leader in Afghanistan, according to U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — David Schwendiman, a war crimes prosecutor in Bosnia, is expected to get the nomination from President Obama for the U.S. Attorney post in Utah, the Salt Lake Tribune is reporting. Citing political and legal insiders, the paper said Schwendiman will likely replace his former boss U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman…
Assist. Atty. Gen. Lanny Breuer says he doesn’t think there’s widespread prosecutorial misconduct. Still, problems with sharing evidence with the defense has surfaced far too often. At least the department acknowledges that it’s an issue that needs to be addressed. By Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Justice Department leaders are pressing ahead…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The not-often heard from ex-Atty. Gen. Janet Reno is lending her name to help a Mariel Cuban refugee who was threatened with deportation after he was erroneously convicted and imprisoned in 1983 for sexual assault, the Miami Herald reports. The paper reports that the attorney for refugee Orlando Boquete, a Cudjoe…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s little good news that comes out of the hard scrabbled town of Flint, a failing industrial city about an hour north of Detroit that General Motors once dominated. Now comes more bad news. The ex-Flint interim Police Chief David Dicks, 42, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit…
