By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Round two is coming in the epic battle between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and ex-federal prosecutor Paul Bergrin, a high-profile Newark defense attorney who was accused of orchestrating a 2004 murder of an FBI witness in a case in which he had a client. The first round, for all practical purposes,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds in Alabama will get a second bite out of the apple after their high-profile gambling corruption case imploded last week. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson set a retrial date of Oct. 3. However, he has not yet decided whether there will be more than one trial, the Associated Press…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No suprise: Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich won’t ride off into the sunset — or head to prison — quitely. The Chicago Tribune reported that Blagojevich, who was convicted last month of 17 of 20 public corruption charges in his retrial, filed a motion Monday for a retrial, alleging judicial bias and…
