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• Waiting to see what happens! Are you kidding?

  
  lets-talk-business — Authority: 125
  I hear this ‘plan’ more often then I choose to admit. ‘I am just going to wait and see what happens…’ And this is a plan? It’s an act of personal financial suicide. It’s no plan, it’s a decision to allow others to control your destiny. It’s avoidance at its best. It is self destruction. So why do ...
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• Rose, Klinefeldt nominations now move to full U.S. Senate

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 657
  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. ...
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• Southern justice organization slams Rose’s U.S. attorney nomination

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 657
  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 ...
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• 11/5 – GLOV Forum with US Attorneys Office @ Foundry United Methodist Church

  
  The New Gay — Authority: 533
  Join GLOV for an important community forum on anti-gay violence in DC . Representatives from the United States Attorneys Office (USAO) in the Department of Justice will join with members of the DC LGBT community on Thursday for the event. The purpose of this forum is to share ideas and information, to learn how ...
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• Iglesias: Evidence Of Politicization By Arizona Sheriff "Felt Very Familiar"

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  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 ...
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• Report: FBI Probing Controversial Arizona Sheriff For "Investigating" Political Foes

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  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 ...
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• U.S. Attorney Who Played Role In Firings Scandal To Step Down -- Congressional Bid Next?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  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 ...
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• Could Coal Lobby Chief Be Probed For Perjury?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• First openly gay US attorney begins job in Washington State

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 675
  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: ...
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• Did FOIA Request On Financial Ties To Christie Prompt Top Aides Departure?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  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 ...
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• New Allegations Against Bush-Appointed U.S. Attorney Linked To Firings Scandal

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• NH Commonsense - U.S. Attorney’s Announcement Brings New Hope for Medical Marijuana Bill in NH

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 446
  Medical marijuana vote Oct. 28; poll shows 71% support CONCORD – Patients and their advocates received new hope Tuesday in their effort to pass a medical marijuana bill in New Hampshire.  The U.S. attorney for New Hampshire, John Kacavas, announced that his department will not prosecute seriously ill patients ...
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• Lautenberg To DOJ: Christie-Brown Ties Raise "Serious Concerns"

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  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 ...
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• Beyond Brown: Did Another Top Christie Aide Politicize Prosecutors Office To Help Former Boss?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  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 ...
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• Lautenberg Calls For Federal Probe Into Whether Christie Politicized Prosecutors Office

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  Sen. Frank Lautenberg is calling for a federal investigation into whether former U.S. attorney Chris Christie used his office for political gain, reports the AP. The New York Times reported this morning that a close Christie aide and friend in the office took several steps that benefited Christies campaign ...
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• Did Christie Politicize U.S. Attorneys Office?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  Back in August, when it was revealed that Chris Christie had given an unreported $46,000 loan to Michele Brown, his top deputy at the US attorneys office, we had a sense there was more to the story than wed yet learned. And todays revelations from the New York Times help fill out the picture. Simply put, a ...
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• Christies Top Aide Got Loan Then Helped His Campaign: Report

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  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 ...
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• In NJ, GOPer Christie may have used US Attorneys office to benefit his political campaign. Thats so Karl Rove (and so illegal).

  
  AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Authority: 156
  The GOP candidate for Governor in New Jersey, Chris Christie, began the race by touting his law enforcement and ethics credentials. Over the summer, we learned that the reality didnt match the rhetoric. A story in todays New York Times completely destroyed whats left of Christies credibility. Christies former top ...
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• DOJ Announces Policy for States Allowing Medical Marijuana

  
  Legal Geekery — Authority: 113
  Attorney General Holder sent a memorandum Monday to US Attorneys in states that have legalized marijuana. The memorandum sets out guidelines for handling the prosecution of federal marijuana offenses. In general, US Attorneys are discouraged from wasting federal resources to investigate people that are in “clear ...
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• Bogden Confirmed -- Again -- As US Attorney

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  Daniel Bogden, who was fired by the Bush Administration in 2006 during its purge of US Attorneys, officially got his old job back yesterday as the Senate confirmed him by unanimous consent to be US Attorney for Nevada. President Obama nominated Bogden for the job earlier this year. Nevada Senators Harry Reid (D) ...
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