Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald — the office’s longtime top prosecutor responsible for toppling Gov. Rod Blagojevich — said he has no interest in political office after he steps down from his position at the end of June.
The report’s findings are similar to those of the court-appointed investigator, who found the two AUSAs “willfully concealed” evidence from the defense.
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Rep. John Coyners (D-Mich.) called on President Barack Obama to reconsider the clemency case of first-time offender Clarence Aaron a day after 30 reform organizations called for a Senate investigation of the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
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Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz is comfortable in her seat as the state’s top federal prosecutor, saying she has no plans to run for governor in 2014.
After Patrick Fitzgerald, who’s next for Chicago U.S. Attorney?
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit this afternoon against the Justice Department to force the release of electronic surveillance data dating back to 2010.
Not very, according to the Club for Growth.
STATEMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON RESIGNATION OF U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PATRICK FITZGERALD
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today on the resignation of U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald:
“Throughout his distinguished career as a prosecutor, United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has served [...]
The longest-serving chief prosecutor in the Northern District of Illinois will depart June 30.
Michael P. Scanlon was appealing his sentence of 20 months in prison and $20 million in restitution.
Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a legal reform group, sent a letter Monday to the Senate Judiciary Committee asking for an investigation of alleged misconduct in the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
The Attorney General addresses the continued fight over several new voter identification laws that have cropped up across the country.
The Drug Enforcement Agency announced charges against 105 individuals in the New Haven, Conn., area as a result of “Operation Bloodline,” a joint law enforcement investigation lead by the DEA New Haven Task Force targeting drug trafficking and gang violence.
Only 15 of the needed 21 votes to pass the contempt resolution in the House Oversight Committee have been secured for certain.
President Barack Obama nominated former Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas M. Durkin Monday as a District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
Appeared on an initial Bush administration U.S. Attorney purge list in 2005, new book reports.
"People say, 'You're the U.S. attorney, are you going to go after medical marijuana?' No, I'm not. I don't care about medical marijuana."
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