Interesting to see the Democratic administration sparring with the conservative media voice in town. This is not likely to be the last time. By Mary Jacoby Main Justice WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is disputing a Washington Times report today claiming that Obama administration political appointees overruled career Civil Rights Division attorneys in dismissing…
By Stephanie Gallagher Fraud With Peril Blog The Speech or Debate Clause seems to be making a comeback. Recently, former Congressman Jefferson invoked it in an effort to have his indictment dismissed. He was unsuccessful. Now, Baltimore City Councilwoman Holton is relying on its protections in asking a Maryland state court to dismiss a bribery…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Channing Phillips, a press spokesman and steady hand in the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office over the years, who worked for Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr., will become the interim U.S. Attorney, ticklethewire.com has learned. The news comes just one day after U.S. Atty. Jeff Taylor announced that he was…
The good news is that Homeland Security is continuing to work on airport security. The question is how effective this will be and how long will it take to carry this effort out nationwide? And so far the airlines have refused to participate in this. By Chris Strohm CongressDaily WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department…
There’s something to be said about tradition in the great city of Chicago. In the last 36 years, 30 sitting or former aldermen have been convicted of crimes. Obviously Alderman Carothers is all about upholding tradition. His father, a former alderman, went to prison in the 1980s for extortion. Viva la tradition. BY NATASHA KORECKI,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeff Taylor, who held one of the higher profile U.S. Attorney posts in the nation, is stepping down this Friday. Taylor, 44, who held the post since 2006, oversaw some of the biggest FBI investigations including the deadly anthrax probe. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton had…
WASHINGTON — The legend of Bonnie and Clyde lives on 75 years after the infamous couple was gunned down in Louisiana in a law enforcement ambush. The FBI said it is releasing about 1,000 pages of new material including photos from the investigative files of the Dallas FBI office that was recently uncovered while preparing …
A game of musical chairs has left the Baltimore U.S. Attorneys office with a void or “brain drain”. Such moves may help main Justice, but may not be so good for the Baltimore U.S. Attorney’s office. Then again, it’s not clear if Rosenstein will get to stick around himself as Pres. Obama begins replacing some…
