By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama continued to press forward Thursday in his effort to put his appointees in key jobs by nominating U.S. Attorneys for West Virginia and Wisconsin. The President nominated William J. Ihlenfeld, II, for the U.S. Attorney post in the Northern District of West Virginia and John William Vaudreuil…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate gave the final nod Tuesday to assistant U.S. Attorney R. Booth Goodwin II to become the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of West Virginia in Charleston. He will replace Charles T. Miller. Goodwin is the son of Joseph R. Goodwin, the district’s chief federal judge.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — We certainly haven’t heard the last of the explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 miners a few weeks ago. NPR News is reported that the FBI is investigating the possibility that Mine Safety and Health Administration workers, who inspect mines, took bribes and whether the owner of the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W. Va.) got the word anyone sweating through a federal investigation loves to hear: No charges are going to be filed against you. Reporter Paul Kane of the Washington Post reports that the Justice Department has shut down its criminal probe into the 14-term Congressman after…
Loretta Lynch/law firm photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — With still plenty slots to fill nationwide, President Obama on Wednesday nominated lawyers for U.S. Attorney posts in Louisiana, West Virginia, Kentucky and New York, the website Main Justice reported. The nominees, according to Main Justice, include Stephanie Finley for the Western District of Louisiana; …
With the old leaders gone, the White Supremacist movement is at a crossroads. Will the election of an African American president and a soured economy help recruiting? Will the racist white power recording industry help the movement? FBI agent Tom O’Connor of the Washington Field Office discusses the movement and the FBI’s concerns.
