By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Considering he was once the top prosecutor for a prominent suburban county just outside D.C., Jack B. Johnson was not such a smart crook and shakedown artist. Johnson was arrested by the FBI late last year while in his final weeks in office as county executive of Prince George’s County on…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Oprah trumps all! As you might recall the other day, a prospective juror in the retrial of ex-Ill. Gov Rod Blagojevich wanted off jury duty because she had four tickets to a May 10 taping of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” In May, the legendary show, which is taped in Chicago, is…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The pretrial hearing was like a “weigh in” before the big boxing match, where both sides snipe at one another. A federal prosecutor on Monday called the very chatty ex-Ill. Gov Rod Blagojevich a ‘liar’ at a pretrial hearing in U.S. District Court in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune. And…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex- New York FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio, who beat a murder wrap in 2007 after being accused of advising a mob informant to kill four turncoats, is going after the local Brooklyn prosecutors who unsuccessfully went after him, according to the New York Daily News. In his new book “We’re Going…
A federal prosecutor says he was fired for raising questions about a DEA agent. Is the prosecutor a whistleblower or is it simply an internal personnel matter? John Caniglia Cleveland Plain Dealer Reporter CLEVELAND — Several years before a grand jury started investigating Drug Enforcement Administration agent Lee Lucas for his role in a bungled…
Someone has got to watch over this bailout. Hopefully Neil Barofsky is up to the challenge. If not, the politicians will have someone to blame. By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON (Tuesday) — The Senate yesterday confirmed a New York prosecutor as the chief watchdog of the $700 billion financial bailout program,…
