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Judge Tosses Ex-Fed Prosecutor’s Case Against Justice Dept.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department won a legal battle against one of its own. A D.C. federal judge on Thursday dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit by ex-Detroit federal prosecutor Richard Convertino against the Justice Department. The lawsuit alleged that the Justice leaked damaging information about an internal Justice probe into Convertino. U.S….