Deep Something

Miracle on DOJ Street

May 24, 2007 B. John 186 Views 0 Comments Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, Crooks and Liars, Department of Justtice, DOJ, Kyle Sampson, Monica Goodling, Paul McNulty, Steve Benen, U.S. Attorney

Steve Benen, in a post at Crooks and Liars makes an excellent point about the U.S. Attorney firings. It seems that all these high ranking Justice Department officials have been asked who created the list of the U.S. Attorneys to be fired, and none of them know. I guess given Bush’s divine dispensation, it just floated down from heaven.

Corruption Politics

White House May Have Torpedoed Abramoff Corruption Probe

September 27, 2005 B. John 241 Views abramoff, Corruption, investigation, justice department, lobbyist, probe, U.S. Attorney

In November 2002, the U.S. attorney in Guam, Frederick A. Black, notified Justice Department officials that he was opening an investigation into Jack Abramoff’s lobbying activities with Guam judges. Days later, Black was demoted and barred from pursuing public corruption cases, ending his investigation.