By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A different kind of payday is coming for Shakila Nakia Wallace — and it may be in the form of a prison sentence. Wallace, 25, a former office automation clerk in the U.S. Attorney’s financial litigation unit in Philadelphia, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to using personal identification info…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Kansas City Acting U.S. Attorney Matt J. Whitworth has been named a U.S. Magistrate Judge, the U.S. District Court in Western Missouri announced. Whitworth, who became acting U.S. Attorney on March 1, has been a federal prosecutor in the Kansas City office since 1988. He is a 1983 graduate of the…
Simply put: politics ain’t pretty. The current state attorney Angela Corey is trying to derail her ex-boss’s bid to be U.S. Attorney. Corey has apparently written Florida’s two senators discouraging the appointment of ex-boss Harry Shorstein, who once fired her when he was state attorney. Shorstein is one of three candidates being considered for the…
This may be a good idea to have U.S. Attorneys serve six year terms, but this still wouldn’t have stopped the Bush administration from firing nine U.S. Attorneys. Iglesias also suggests that U.S. Attorneys be removed only for misconduct. That would make it tough to remove those who are actually incompetent. Perhaps the solution would…
When you run as a law and order guy, when the issues are public corruption in New Jersey, every little bit of news like this hurts. By DAVID M. HALBFINGER New York Times In 2007, while he was New Jersey’s ranking federal prosecutor, Christopher J. Christie – now the Republican candidate for governor – lent…
If ever there was a sentence that irked the Philly feds in recent times, this is it. Prosecutors and agents alike were appalled by what they considered a lenient sentence. They want this big-time politician who was well known as a shakedown artist, to serve more time. By Emilie Lounsberry Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — Federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney John Richter of Oklahoma announced Tuesday that he’s stepping down Aug. 21, the Associated Press reported. The Associated Press reported that Richter announced his resignation during an interview and said he plans to be a practitioner in residence and visiting professor at the University of Oklahoma Law School. Richter…
David Iglesias It comes as no surprise that there was more politics involved than originally thought. By Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The dismissal of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias in December 2006 followed extensive communication among lawyers and political aides in the White House who hashed over complaints about…
