U.S. Attorney
New Orleans U.S. Attorneys Falls in Online Scandal
By NOLA.com The Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — Abruptly ending an 11-year run highlighted by the convictions of more than a dozen crooked politicians, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten resigned Thursday morning amid a metastasizing scandal in his office that started with prosecutors posting anonymous screeds on NOLA.com. Letten was the nation’s longest-serving U.S. attorney, having been…
Lawmakers Upset Over Rift Between Reno ATF and U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three members of Congress are increasingly putting pressure on Attorney General Eric Holder to explain the U.S. Attorney’s dysfunctional relationship with the Reno-based ATF office, Main Justice reports. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada has refused to prosecute ATF cases in the Reno office, leaving as many as a dozen cases untouched…..
Column: Chicago’s U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald Will Return to Public Office: Count on It
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Once in a while a U.S. Attorney comes along and makes a mark not only locally but nationally. U.S. Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago was one of those guys. Fitzgerald resigned and left office last Friday, leaving behind a legacy that included prosecuting the ever-chatty ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Dick Cheney’s right…
The Legacy of the Racist Murder of Vincent Chin
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Thirty years ago this week, a young Chinese-American man, Vincent Chin, was bludgeoned to death by a man wielding a baseball bat, only a few steps away from a strip club where he and his friends had been celebrating his bachelor’s party. The crime and its state and federal prosecutions raise…
House Committee Votes to Hold Atty. General Holder in Contempt; Holder Denies Being Unresponsive
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The politics surrounding ATF’s failed Operation Fast and Furious began to sizzle Wednesday, with Republicans leading the charge against Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, voting along party lines, voted 23 to 17 to hold Holder in contempt for failing to turn over documents pertaining…
Mining Company Reduces Accident Rate As Part of Fed Deal
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The massive coal mining company that reached an agreement six months ago to avoid federal charges over the 2010 mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 workers has significantly reduced accident and injury rates, the Associated Press reports. Alpha Natural Resources also is breaking ground on an $18 million training center…
Feds Land Big Insider Trading Conviction With Rajat Gupta
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal crackdown on illicit trading on Wall Street netted its latest catch with the conviction of Rajat Gupta, a business insider and former board member of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Reuters reports. Gupta was convicted Friday on charges that he leaked confidential information about Goldman Sachs during the peak of…