By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A free trip to New York and a ticket to attend the first game of the World Series in 2003: Priceless. Receiving all that from lobbyists linked to the infamous Jack Abramoff: Costly. Trevor L. Blackann, a former legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate is now paying for the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey collapsed Thursday night while delivering a speech to the Federalist Society in upper Northwest Washington, authorities said. Mukasey, 67, regained consciousness and was taken to George Washington University Hospital where he was admitted overnight, the Justice Department said in a statement issued after midnight. “The…
Wife claims she thought it was a home invasion. By Paula Reed Ward and Jim McKinnon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette INDIANA TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The 11 law enforcement officers weren’t looking for Christina Korbe when they showed up outside the sand-colored brick house on Woods Run Road just before 6 a.m. yesterday. But she was there, armed…
Can the Republicans pardon the pardons when it comes to A.G. candidate Eric Holder? By Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee yesterday highlighted the role of attorney general candidate Eric H. Holder Jr. in controversial 2001 pardons, but GOP senators avoided direct attacks on Barack Obama’s leading choice to…
Gov. Napolitano whose name also came up as a possible candidate for Attorney General, is the choice for a relatively new agency some say needs revamping. By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), whose handling of immigration issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack…
Some how all is not very right with the world when a judge lies about a fender bender to collect some doe. Joe Mandak The Associated Press PITTSBURGH – A retired Pennsylvania appellate judge was convicted Wednesday of mail fraud and money laundering after prosecutors said he lied about neck and back injuries in a…
In this college town, in a controversial case filled with emotion, the judge took the unusual step of warning that anyone who made a sound after the verdict was read would be taken into custody. By Art Aisner The Ann Arbor News ANN ARBOR — A federal jury Wednesday acquitted Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph…
