By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will try and restore the trust and integrity of its Public Integrity Section with the appointment of career prosecutor Jack Smith, the Associated Press reported.
“I have the best guy I could have in that job. I’m looking for a natural leader, someone with tremendous energy, someone with tremendous judgment,” Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, head of the Criminal Division, told the Associated Press.
The unit’s reputation took a serious hit last year when the Justice Department vacated the public corruption conviction of Sen. Ted Stevens because of prosecutorial misconduct.
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