By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Before a massive crowd at the Simpson Baptist Church in Bridgeport, W. Va., Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. on Monday offered condolences at the funeral of slain Deputy U.S. Marshal Derek Hotsinpiller. “At just 24-years-old, Derek had become an important part of the Marshals Service team – and a proud member…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise. Mexican authorities are saying that two ICE agents who were shot in the northern part of the country Tuesday were ambushed on a road about four hours north of Mexico City by drug cartel gunmen, the Washington Post reports. One died and the other was wounded and is stable…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. has issued a memo calling for a temporary hiring freeze for all Justice Department employees at least until spring, saying the federal government is “facing unprecedented budget challenges”, ABC News reported. “I anticipate revisiting the Department’s hiring and staff situation in the spring, once we know…
doj photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — On Friday, the Justice Department took pause to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s Swearing-in as Attorney General in a building named after him. With Kennedy’s widow Ethel and daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in attendance, along with some other notables, Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr….
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Federal authorities Thursday announced what they called the largest mob roundup in FBI history: the indictment of 127 people, including key Mafia figures from the New York, New Jersey and New England crime families, on charges ranging from murder and racketeering to gambling, extortion and loan-sharking. About 800 law…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has created a “Professional Misconduct Review Unit” to handle disciplinary actions for career attorneys at the department resulting from Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigations. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr., in announcing the new unit on Tuesday, said it will be headed up by Kevin Ohlson,who…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is fighting back attempts by defense attorneys to muzzle Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. and other government workers when it comes to pre-trial comments in the terrorism case involving a teen who tried to detonate a bomb in Portland during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in December. It…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s a game of musical chairs over at the Justice Department at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Gary G. Grindler, who had been filling in as acting deputy attorney general, the number two spot, becomes chief of staff to the Attorney General, the department announced Monday. Grindler is being replaced…
