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  • October 2007

    • Gonzales Could Face Charges

      Slate  |  Oct 26, 07 7:08 PM CDT

      Gonzales Could Face Charges

      (Newser) - Alberto Gonzales might soon find himself on an unlikely side of the law if a pending DOJ report recommends criminal charges against the former AG for lying under oath. Pending prosecution may even explain Gonzales' unexpected departure, Slate ’s Dahlia Lithwick speculates. Now he’s hired a criminal-defense attorney and stopped talking to DOJ investigators. More »

  • August 2007

    • Reagan Aide Michael Deaver Dead at 69

      Associated Press  |  Aug 18, 07 5:11 PM CDT

      Reagan Aide Michael Deaver Dead at 69

      (Newser) - The man who crafted Ronald Reagan’s public persona died today of pancreatic cancer at age 69, the AP reports. Michael Deaver, part of the so-called “troika” that directed the Reagan presidency, specialized in managing the president’s image in the media. His own image was damaged by a 1987 perjury conviction, which temporarily put a rift between him and the Reagans. More »

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      obituary  • Ronald Reagan  • perjury  • pancreatic cancer  • Nancy Reagan

  • July 2007

    • Let Gonzo Off the Perjury Hook

      Washington Post  |  Jul 31, 07 4:52 PM CDT

      Let Gonzo Off the Perjury Hook

      (Newser) - Alberto Gonzales’ Senate testimony last week was a disgraceful exercise in dodging, but the perjury charge Democratic senators have been hawking ever since doesn’t hold water, says  the Washington Post ’s lefty Ruth Marcus. In an “unexpected position,” the writer defends Gonzales, saying he may have minced words in testimony about his Ashcroft sickbed visit—but probably didn’t lie. More »

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      Senate  • scandals  • Alberto Gonzales  • Attorney General  • surveillance  • perjury  • wiretap  • John Ashcroft

    • Justice Faces Blank Slate in Gonzo Probe

      USA Today  |  Jul 30, 07 9:14 AM CDT

      Justice Faces Blank Slate in Gonzo Probe

      (Newser) - Solicitor General Paul Clement has a tough decision to make: whether to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate his boss Alberto Gonzales' testimony to Congress. Four Senate Democrats have written to Clement requesting a special counsel to determine if Gonzales concealed the truth in his testimony in the US Attorney firings, but Clement has little precedent to follow. More »

    • FBI Pays Out $101M in Mob Suit

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 26, 07 4:54 PM CDT

      FBI Pays Out $101M in Mob Suit

      (Newser) - A federal judge ordered the government to pay $101.7M after the FBI withheld evidence related to a 1965 murder in Boston that sent four men to prison for three decades. "This case is about intentional misconduct, suborning of perjury" and "the framing of innocent men," said the judge today at the close of the 22-day trial. More »

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      murder  • FBI  • prison  • Boston  • perjury  • Mafia  • mob  • hitman  • wrongful conviction

    • Bush Commutes Libby Sentence

      Washington Post  |  Jul 2, 07 5:41 PM CDT

      Bush Commutes Libby Sentence

      (Newser) - Scooter Libby won't be going to jail: President Bush commuted the former Cheney aide's 30-month sentence for perjury and obstruction of justice tonight, but stopped short of a pardon. The move came hours after a federal appeals court denied Libby's motion for bail pending his appeal. More »

  • June 2007

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