New FBI Director Wray to Reassign Bureau’s Top Lawyer
The FBI’s top lawyer, James Baker, is being reassigned as the bureau’s new director, Christopher Wray, begins making changes at the senior levels of the agency.
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AG Sessions Hires Personal Attorney As Russia Investigation Heats Up
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who failed to disclose meetings with a top Russian official during his confirmation hearing, has retained a personal attorney.
Homeland Security Lawyer Sentenced to Month in Jail for Forging Document
A Homeland Security lawyer who forged documents in a deportation case was sentenced to one month in prison.
Four of Clinton’s Top Aides Using Same Attorney in Case of Private E-Mail Server
Four of Hillary Clinton’s closet aides are using the same attorney to represent them in the case of the former secretary of state’s private e-mail server.
News Report Questions FBI Theory That Anthrax Suspect Tried to Deceive Investigators
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An investigative report published by ProPublica points to some flaws in the FBI’s conclusion that Ft. Detrick, Md. scientist Bruce Ivins was the culprit who mailed the deadly anthrax in 2001. The investigation, conducted by ProPublica, PBS and McClatchy Newspapers, attempts to undercut a key theory that Ivins tried to deceive…
Fed Judge Explains Why He Gave Bernie Madoff 150 Years
By Allan Lengelticklethewire.com A Manhattan federal judge who sentenced swindler Bernie Madoff has told the New York Times that he weighed different factors before handing out a 150 year sentence. Madoff’s lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin had tried to convince U.S. District Judge Denny Chin,57, to give a far lesser sentence. He cited, according…
Big-Time Boston Lawyer Robert A. George Charged With Money Laundering
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com A high-profile Boston attorney who has represented mobsters and some big name clients was charged Wednesday with money laundering that included taking payments from an undercover DEA agent posing as a drug dealer from the Dominican Republic. Authorities charged that attorney Robert A. George, 56, of Westwood, Mass., helped conceal $225,000…