It comes as no surprise that Anderson is stepping down. The new U.S. Attorney is expected to be Tristram Coffin. Burlingt Free Press Staff BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont’s U.S. Attorney Thomas Anderson announced late Friday that he will leave his post Feb. 28. Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul J. Van de Graaf will serve as acting…
The jockeying for U.S. Attorney spots around the country is in full swing. The Editorial page of the Philadelphia Inquirer is asking the President to do the right thing. l With the change in presidents, one of the key moves by the Obama administration regarding the Justice Department will be to fill the 93 U.S….
Of all the U.S. Attorney offices, this is one of the highest profile ones in the nation. The office is going after Bernie Madoff and Wall Street. By AMIR EFRATI Wall Street Journal The Obama administration is expected to nominate Preet Bharara, who investigated the firing of eight U.S. attorneys by President George W. Bush,…
By Allan Lengel and Jon Perkins ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As expected, Chicago’s U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald will stay on the job even though he’s a Bush appointee. NBC’s Pete Williams reported that Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) recommended that the newly minted Atty. Gen. Eric Holder keep Fitzgerald. NBC reported that the suggestion was “positively received”,…
Along with Washington and New York, the Miami U.S. Attorney’s Office is considered one of the higher profile offices in the country. The race is on for the seat. BY JAY WEAVER MiamiHerald.com MIAMI — Unlike the Bush and Clinton administrations, President Barack Obama isn’t immediately pushing the U.S. attorneys in Miami and 92 other…
Interestingly, this office was at the center of the U.S. Attorney firing controversy. And now the office is involved in a pay-to-play investigation into state government and Gov. Bill Richardson. Will any of this make a difference in the Obama Justice Department’s decision whether to keep the U.S. Attorney? By TIM KORTE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE,…
The mass replacement of U.S. Attorneys is underway across the country. Here’s the latest. By Sam Hemingway Burlington Free Press BURLINGTON, Vt. — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Friday he has nominated Burlington attorney Tristram J. Coffin to become Vermont’s next U.S. attorney. “Tris Coffin is a perfect fit for a difficult job,” Leahy said…
David Iglesias, the former U.S. Attorney, who became the poster child for what was wrong with the U.S. Attorney system in the U.S. under Bush, is working for the government again. By Zachary Roth TPM Muckraker David Iglesias — the former US Attorney who was fired in 2006 for failing to prosecute politically motivated cases…
