U.S. Atty. Laurie Magid It’s never good, even if just for perception sake, when the Justice Department is investigating a U.S. Attorney. The question here is whether interim U.S. Atty. Laurie Magid went beyond the boundaries of a federal employee. By Emilie Lounsberry and George Anastasia Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — A $250-a-person fund-raiser held at…
Eric Holder By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The Obama adminstration is proposing a 3.5 percent budget increase in fiscal 2010 for the Justice Department to boost enforcement in such areas as civil rights, national security and intelligence, financial fraud and border controls. The total budget comes to $26.5 billion. “The President has promised that, from…
The selection of Thomas Saenz is getting a thumbs up from the civil rights attorneys and academics, which is important considering the division had its share of problems during the Bush years. By Wall Street Journal Law Blog This just in: The Los Angeles Daily Journal is reporting that President Obama has tapped Thomas Saenz…
President Obama inherited a mess: two wars, a failing economy a sky-high anxiety level around the country, and oh yes, a Justice Department that needed serious mending. He’s tasked Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. with reparing things at Justice. Can Holder do it? By Michael Weisskopf Time magazine WASHINGTON — Eric Holder Jr. was trained…
Things are quickly changing at the Justice Department — quicker than expected. By Ari Shapiro NPR All Things Considered WASHINGTON — On Monday, the Justice Department undid a small part of the damage that top officials caused in a scandal of politicized hiring and firing during the Bush administration. The department rehired an attorney who…
Eric Holder Jr. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The newly minted Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. addressed Justice Department employees Tuesday morning and vowed to fight terrorism and improve the integrity of the department. “We must restore the credibility of this Department, which has been so badly shaken by allegations of improper political…
The recruits have impressive backgrounds. But is it better to dip back into the past for talent or find fresh talent? By David Ingram and Joe Palazzolo Legal Times WASHINGTON — Eric Holder Jr. and David Ogden, two men who have split their time since the mid-1990s between Main Justice and Big Law, are drawing…
Funny how those emails seemed to turn up just at the right time. By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — A Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge yesterday that the Bush administration will meet its legal requirement to transfer e-mails to the National Archives after spending more than $10 million to…
