The Obama administration is faced with a tough challenge: trying to look bi-partisan when it comes to serving up justice while taking advantage of all the political plums available. By Mary Jacoby Main Justice WASHINGTON — In March, the Washington Post reported that several highly political Bush-appointed U.S. Attorneys were seeking to stay in their…
Bernie Madoff may have had the most infamous Ponzi scheme of all time (short of Charles Ponzi), but there are still investors out there getting bilked of their retirement savings and other funds by scammers. First, we have Ponzi schemer Donald Manning sentenced to over 5 years in prison for taking $4.5 million in cash…
The government screw ups in the ex-Sen. Ted Stevens case may be the magic tonic the Justice Department needed. Why? Because it gives the Obama Justice Department the green light to make broad, sweeping changes without fear of looking like it’s only trying to undo the Bush Justice Department’s actions for the sake of undoing…
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire WASHINGTON –– A judicial advisory committee formed by Rep Artur Davis (D-Ala.) has recommended as its first choice three women for the three U.S. Attorney posts in Alabama. For the Northern District, the committee’s first choice was Joyce Vance, 48, the chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Appellate Section, according to a…
The last thing the Obama administration wants to do is repeat how the Bush folks handled U.S. Attorney hirings and firings. Joe Palazzolo Legal Times WASHINGTON –In a meeting last month with Barack Obama’s transition staff, representatives of the nation’s top prosecutors caught a glimpse of the president-elect’s thinking on the politically fraught issue of…
