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  • August 2008

    • Cuomo Raises Pressure on Merrill

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 15, 08 5:12 PM CDT

      Cuomo Raises Pressure on Merrill

      (Newser) - With Wachovia locked in to buying back $9 billion in auction-rate securities from clients, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has his sights set next on finance titans Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg reports. Cuomo says Merrill faces an "imminent" lawsuit after offering to buy back $10 billion of the bonds, which he says is an unsatisfactory amount. The companies are accused of misleading investors. More »

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      lawsuit  • Merrill Lynch  • Goldman Sachs  • Attorney General  • Wachovia  • Andrew Cuomo  • auction-rate securities

    • No Charges for Biased Justice Officials: Mukasey

      New York Times  |  Aug 12, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      No Charges for Biased Justice Officials: Mukasey

      (Newser) - Michael Mukasey said today the ex-Justice Department employees who discriminated against candidates in hiring for political reasons will not face criminal charges, the New York Times reports. Prosecution would be inappropriate, the AG said, because the biased hiring practices violated federal civil service law, not criminal law. More »

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      Michael Mukasey  • Attorney General  • discrimination  • lawyer  • Justice Department  • Monica Goodling  • conservatives  • prosecutors  • bias

  • July 2008

    • In Politicizing Justice, 'Appalling' Betrayal

      Washington Post  |  Jul 29, 08 12:30 PM CDT

      In Politicizing Justice, 'Appalling' Betrayal

      (Newser) - New confirmation that the Justice Department used political criteria in hiring for career positions shouldn’t just outrage the maybe-liberals they discriminated against, derailing careers because they were gay, say, or had a wife who was a Democrat, a former Clinton administration official writes in the Washington Post . It’s a major blow against the entire institution, argues Jamie Gorelick. More »

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      Alberto Gonzales  • Attorney General  • Justice Department  • John Ashcroft  • career  • political appointee

    • Cautious Mukasey Disappoints Former Backers

      New York Times  |  Jul 23, 08 3:52 AM CDT

      Cautious Mukasey Disappoints Former Backers

      (Newser) - Attorney General Michael Mukasey's cautious approach has disappointed one-time backers who hoped for a new direction at the Justice Department, reports the New York Times . He has been reluctant to probe the US attorney firings that triggered predecessor Alberto Gonzales' downfall, and has moved at a snail's pace on issues from torture to mortgage fraud, critics charge. More »

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      Alberto Gonzales  • Michael Mukasey  • Attorney General  • US attorney firings  • Justice Department  • Charles Schumer

  • May 2008

    • Ohio AG Quits Amid Sex Harassment Scandal

      Columbus Dispatch  |  May 15, 08 2:45 AM CDT

      Ohio AG Quits Amid Sex Harassment Scandal

      (Newser) - The Ohio attorney general who once vowed to dismantle the state's "culture of corruption" resigned yesterday just hours after a raid on his office by state troopers seeking evidence of illegal activity. Democrat Marc Dann is embroiled in scandal linked to an affair with an aide and was under threat of impeachment after workers filed complaints of sex harassment in his office, reports the Columbus Dispatch . Dann is also the target of other investigations into expenditures and management. More »

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      corruption  • sex scandal  • Ohio  • Attorney General  • sexual harassment  • Marc Dann

  • April 2008

    • No Joy in Job Hunt for Ex-Attorney General

      New York Times  |  Apr 13, 08 7:19 AM CDT

      No Joy in Job Hunt for Ex-Attorney General

      (Newser) - Ex-attorneys general often enjoy elite private sector jobs, but disgraced Alberto Gonzales is still job-hunting since he resigned last August, the New York Times reports. Lawyers say perjury allegations concerning testimony about eavesdropping and his role in the politically motivated firing of federal prosecutors are the biggest problems with Gonzales' resume. More »

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      Alberto Gonzales  • Attorney General  • resignation  • lawyer  • US attorneys scandal  • attorney

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  • September 2007

    • NY Targets Facebook Predators

      ComputerWorld  |  Sep 25, 07 3:49 AM CDT

      NY Targets Facebook Predators

      (Newser) - The online social networking site Facebook is becoming a hangout for sexual predators hunting young victims, according to an undercover investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Investigators pretending to be teenagers on Facebook were repeatedly solicited by adult sexual predators, reports Computerworld . But when complaints were filed with Facebook, the company usually ignored them, probers found. More »

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      Facebook  • Attorney General  • pornography  • Andrew Cuomo  • subpoena  • sexual predators

    • Mukasey Is No Gonzales

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 23, 07 12:05 PM CDT

      Mukasey Is No Gonzales

      (Newser) - Michael Mukasey, President Bush's candidate to succeed embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, has an independent streak that could end up changing the way the Justice Department is run. This could make things sticky for Bush in dealing with the congressional probes into activities under the previous AG's reign, suggests the Los Angeles Times. More »

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      Department of Justice  • Alberto Gonzales  • Michael Mukasey  • Attorney General

    • Mukasey Courts the Hill

      Bloomberg  |  Sep 18, 07 5:59 PM CDT

      Mukasey Courts the Hill

      (Newser) - Mukasey mingled today with the Dems who will make or break his chance at becoming the next attorney general. If they're worried about him taking on the job, none showed it, Bloomberg reports. Even Senator Leahy, who wants the White House to fork over documents on its surveillance program before a new AG is approved, signaled support for the conservative nominee. More »

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      Bush administration  • Michael Mukasey  • Attorney General  • Patrick Leahy  • US attorney firings

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