By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s not an award to celebrate. The Utah Headlines Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists bestowed the Black Hole Award to the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI. The Deseret News published a letter to the Attorney General from the journalist group. The group explained that the agencies won the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Anger over President Obama’s executive actions on immigration wasn’t enough to prevent the Senate confirmation of a new deputy attorney general on Wednesday. Sally Yates, known for cracking down on crime in Georgia, was confirmed to the No. 2 position in the Justice Department with by a 84-12 vote in the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New Attorney General Loretta Lynch received her first big test after riots broke out in Baltimore this week. Lynch, the first black female attorney general, released a statement soon after violence broke out, examining what happened and “going beyond the criminal civil right investigations” launched last week by her predecessor Eric…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Loretta E. Lynch, the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney, was sworn in Monday by Vice President Joe Biden as the new Attorney General. Lynch, 55, the first African-American female to hold the post, faced some turbulent waters, and became a political football on Capitol Hill, as high-profile appointees often are. After a lot…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, the first black woman to take the helm, plans to improve the Justice Department’s reputation with police after her predecessor was criticized for too quickly and harshly criticizing officers over lethal force. Aides to Lynch told the New York Times that Lynch hopes to boost…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Making history doesn’t always come easy. But that’s what Loretta Lynch did on Thursday, finally securing the Senate confirmation as the new Attorney General, the first African American to do so. The five month battle played out, with some Republicans opposing her because of her view on immigration reform. CNN reported…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder has given Fox News the stiff-arm on an exit interview, and the news agency is not happy, The Washington Post reports. “The Attorney General’s decision does a deep disservice to America’s largest cable news audience and the interests of a free press,” Fox News Executive Vice President…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is prepared to sue the city of Ferguson, Mo., if city leaders balk at revising discriminatory police tactics, The Dallas Morning News reports. Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to reveal the findings from two separate federal investigations into the police shooting of a black 18-year-old, Michael Brown….
