Detroit U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade: We Expected Some Ridicule From the Dig For Jimmy Hoffa

U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Things haven’t been dull for Barbara McQuade. Right after being sworn in as the Detroit U.S. Attorney in January 2010, she started dealing with the “Underwear Bomber” case involving Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to detonate an explosive aboard a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas…

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ATF’s B. Todd Jones Faces Tough Questions Tuesday from Senate Judiciary Committee about

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Minnesota U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones’s nomination to head the ATF has become mired in congressional politics, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Nearly six months after he was mentioned as a candidate, Jones is expected to face tough questions from Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I am looking forward to meeting…

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Fed Prosecutors Want Ex-Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway Behind Bars

By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Prosecutors want disgraced ex-Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway to serve time behind bars for bank fraud. In a sentencing memorandum filed Thursday in federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s office recommended that Hathaway serve 12 to 18 months under the sentencing guidelines. Sentencing is set for Tuesday at 2…

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Atty. General Eric Holder Says He Recused Himself in Justice Department Leak Probe Involving Associated Press

By Sari Horwitz and William Branigin Washington Post WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that he recused himself from involvement in a Justice Department leak investigation that secretly acquired telephone records of Associated Press journalists. But in response to questions at a news conference, he defended the department’s conduct in probing…

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South Carolina Man Charged With Threatening President Obama’s Life

  By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 28-year-old South Carolina man faces charges that he threatened the lives of several people including President Obama. Patrick Randell McIntosh Charleston, S.C. was arraigned in Atlanta U.S. District Court. “McIntosh is charged with making violent and disturbing threats online and via email to several people, including a threat to…

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