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• US Attorney nominee receives national scrutiny

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 662
  The Iowa Independent has been tracking the nomination of Stephanie Rose for U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa for months, but now national media outlets have jumped into the act. The New York Times reported Sunday that Rose’s confirmation has been the subject of growing controversy: ...
  3 days ago

• Rose, Klinefeldt nominations now move to full U.S. Senate

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 662
  Two Iowa U.S. attorney’s offices are one step closer to being under new leadership. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee , of which Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley is a member with seniority, agreed today by unanimous consent to pass the nominations of Stephanie Rose and Nick Klinefeldt on to the full Senate. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Southern justice organization slams Rose’s U.S. attorney nomination

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 662
  Stephanie Rose A social justice organization that has primarily been active in Louisiana and Texas has taken a stand against the woman nominated to be the next U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Iowa . Friends of Justice , a nonprofit organized in the wake of a 1999 Tulia drug sting in Texas, issued a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Iglesias: Evidence Of Politicization By Arizona Sheriff "Felt Very Familiar"

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 774
  David Iglesias is comparing Sheriff Joe Arpaios alleged targeting of political foes to the notorious Rove-Gonzales politicization of DOJ, which led to Iglesiass own improper firing. The evidence against the Arizona sheriff was "very similar to what was going on at the Department of Justice under the Bush ...
  2 weeks ago

• Report: FBI Probing Controversial Arizona Sheriff For "Investigating" Political Foes

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 774
  Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the hard-line anti-immigration Arizona sheriff, is being probed by the FBI for allegedly using his authority to retaliate against political adversaries, sources tell a local TV station . One of the key cases cited by Phoenix-based KPHO is one we told you about recently, in which a ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. Attorney Who Played Role In Firings Scandal To Step Down -- Congressional Bid Next?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 774
  Mary Beth Buchanan, the Bush-appointed federal prosecutor who had a cameo in the U.S. attorney firings scandal and was charged with pursuing politically motivated prosecutions, is stepping down . Buchanan, a Republican, is said to be mulling a run for Congress against incumbent Democrat Rep. Jason Altmire. In a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Could Coal Lobby Chief Be Probed For Perjury?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 774
  Could apparently false statements made by the head of a coal-industry lobby group before Congress this morning end up being referred to the Justice Department for a criminal perjury probe? Congressional investigators arent ruling it out. As we reported , Steve Miller, the director of the American Coalition for ...
  3 weeks ago

• First openly gay US attorney begins job in Washington State

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 687
  When I get grumbly and cranky over Obama not doing some stuff, I have to remember this kind of thing would have never happened under McCain. Sometimes you have to celebrate the little victories as well. SEATTLE -- The new top federal prosecutor in Seattle knows the significance her role carries for many people: ...
  3 weeks ago

• Did FOIA Request On Financial Ties To Christie Prompt Top Aides Departure?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 774
  Hat tip Marcy Wheeler at Firedoglake... Did Chris Christies top aide resign as a top prosecutor this summer in order to prevent information about her financial ties to Christie from becoming public? Lets look at the facts: It was reported on August 17 that Michele Brown had in 2007 received an unreported ...
  3 weeks ago

• New Allegations Against Bush-Appointed U.S. Attorney Linked To Firings Scandal

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 774
  The office of a top Bush-appointed federal prosecutor who played a role in the U.S. attorney firings scandal received improper recordings of telephone calls between defense lawyers and their clients, and appears not to have turned them over to authorities, as required by law. On Wednesday evening, Lisa Freeland, a ...
  4 weeks ago

• Lautenberg To DOJ: Christie-Brown Ties Raise "Serious Concerns"

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 774
  Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) has released a letter he sent today to the Justice Department calling for an investigation into the possible politicization of the U.S. attorneys office in New Jersey in the service of Chris Christies campaign for governor. In the letter to Mary Patrice Brown, who runs DOJs internal ...
  4 weeks ago

• Beyond Brown: Did Another Top Christie Aide Politicize Prosecutors Office To Help Former Boss?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 774
  So far, the charges that Chris Christie turned the U.S. attorneys office into a "branch office" of his campaign for governor, as Jon Corzine put it yesterday , have centered on the relationship between Christie and Michele Brown, a close friend and top aide to Christie when he was US attorney. Brown reportedly ...
  4 weeks ago

• Christies Top Aide Got Loan Then Helped His Campaign: Report

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 774
  Did a top prosecutorial deputy to Chris Christie improperly use her position earlier this year to boost his run for governor -- despite the candidates recent claim that she had done nothing to help his campaign? The New York Times has assembled some pretty good evidence . • Law enforcement officials in ...
  4 weeks ago

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