President Obama
Fed Prosecutors in Blago Trial Go For More Focused Case 2nd Time Around
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors, after stumbling the first time around, unveiled a blueprint Monday for what they hope is a new and and improved case against ex-Ill. Rod Blagojevich. The Chicago Tribune reports that in opening statements the prosecution presented a “much slimmer, more focused version of the government’s corruption case.” The first…
Dallas U.S. Atty. Says Holder and Pres. Had No Hand in Decision Not to Prosecute Muslim Leader
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Attorney in Dallas has stepped into the controversy over the decision not to prosecute a former founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) claimed Atty. Gen. Eric Holder shut down the probe into former CAIR leader Omar Ahmad for fear of offending Muslim groups….
Blago Asks for FBI Interview Summaries of President Obama
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorneys for ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich want prosecutors to turn over FBI interview summaries of President Obama. In a motion filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the attorneys asked for the documents known as FBI 302 reports so they can use the information to cross examine a government witness….
President Chips Away at Fed Law Enforcement Nominations: The latest Being U.S. Atty for Ala. and U.S. Marshal for NY
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — After more than two years in office, President Obama is still chipping away at appointments for U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshal. The latest: President Obama nominated private attorney George Lamar Beck, Jr., a former Deputy Attorney General in Alabama from 1971 to 1979, for the U.S. Attorney post for…
Obama Pleads Ignorance: Says He Never Knew About Controversial ATF Gun Program
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama is pleading ignorance about a controversial ATF operation that let gun traffickers pass on the goods so agents could track them to the higher levels of the Mexican cartels. The President, in an interview with Univision that he and Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. ever authorized the…
President Nominates 3 U.S. Attorneys and 3 U.S. Marshals
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday nominated three U.S. Attorneys and three U.S. Marshals. The nominees for U.S. Attorney include Charlotte lawyer Thomas Gray Walker for North Carolina’s Eastern District, assistant U.S. Attorney Felicia Adams for the Northern District of Mississippi and S. Amanda Marshall. So far, according to the Justice…
FBI Dir. Robert Mueller’s Presence in Arizona Sends a Strong Message
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s a good thing that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III hopped a plane to Arizona to deal with the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed a federal judge and seriously wounded a member of Congress. Sure, Mueller could have stayed back in Washington and gotten briefed regularly…