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Holder Pushed Clemency
for Puerto Rican Militants

Obama's attorney-general pick helped commute sentences for PR nationalists

Jan 9, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s attorney-general nominee fought for clemency for 16 militant Puerto Rican nationalists during his time in the Clinton administration, the Los Angeles Times reports. Eric Holder pushed Justice Department subordinates to pave the way to Clinton’s clemency grant, documents show, sparking fury from law-enforcement officials who’d... More »

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Attorney General • Bill Clinton • Clinton administration • clemency • Puerto Rico • nationalism • militant • Eric Holder • transition team • President Obama

Republicans
Picking a Fight
Over Holder

Dems need one GOP vote to move AG pick out of committee

Jan 9, 09 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Senate Republicans seem to have settled on attorney-general-designate Eric Holder as their main target for a tough confirmation hearing. Thanks to his liberal leanings and his role in the Clinton administration—especially the controversial 11th-hour Marc Rich pardon—Holder will get a grilling in the Judiciary Committee. Ranking Republican Arlen... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • confirmation hearings • Eric Holder

 Bell, Carter's AG, Dead at 90 

Bell defanged Jim Crow as appellate court judge

Jan 5, 09 5:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Griffin Bell, a Southerner who opposed racial segregation and led the Justice Department under President Carter, died today at age 90, the New York Times reports. Bell handled damage control as a post-Nixon attorney general, de-politicizing the Justice Department and the FBI. His earlier rulings as an appeals court judge,... More »

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Department of Justice • law • Attorney General • Jimmy Carter • obituary • racism • segregation • US Circuit Court of Appeals

Holder's Nom
Raises Ghost
of Rich Pardon

 AG pick played key—if inadvertent—role in clearing fugitive

Dec 2, 08 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Eric Holder has earned a lot of praise in his career, but there’s one glaring blemish on his resume: the pardon of Marc Rich. Critics say Barack Obama’s attorney general pick was the driving force behind the fugitive’s backdoor pardon, while supporters say he’s an innocent... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • pardon • Eric Holder • Marc Rich

(Newser) - Michael Mukasey is out of the hospital with a clean bill of health after collapsing during a speech last night. The attorney general spent an "uneventful night" at the hospital and passed a battery of tests. Doctors have seen no indication that he suffered a stroke or heart attack,... More »

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Attorney General • hospital • Michael Mukasey

OPINION

 Holder Is 'Sept. 10' Pick for AG 

Conservative mag urges GOP to vote against Obama's Justice nominee

Nov 19, 08 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Eric Holder is “a conventional, check-the-boxes creature of the Left,” the editors of the National Review write of Barack Obama’s reported choice for Attorney General, and his selection reveals a “September 10 mentality” and a “lack of seriousness about the terrorist threat.” They add,... More »

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Barack Obama • Department of Justice • Attorney General • Clinton administration • Janet Reno • National Review • Eric Holder • Marc Rich

 Obama Taps Holder for AG 

DC lawyer, who has accepted post, oversaw VP selection; confirmation looks likely

Nov 18, 08 3:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Eric Holder, a former US Attorney, judge, and deputy attorney general under Bill Clinton, will be Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department, Newsweek reports. Sources say Holder has been considered for the post from the beginning, and he ran the Democrat’s vice-presidential search along with Caroline... More »

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Barack Obama • Attorney General • Clinton administration • confirmation hearings • transition • Election 2008 • Eric Holder • President Obama • Marc Rich

Cuomo Raises Pressure
on Merrill

He says company
faces lawsuit over auction-rate securities

Aug 15, 08 5:12 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

No Charges for Biased Justice Officials: Mukasey

Former employees have already faced internal consequences, AG says

Aug 12, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(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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Department of Justice • Monica Goodling • Attorney General • discrimination • lawyer • Michael Mukasey • bias • prosecutors • conservatives

Opinion

  In Politicizing
 Justice,
 'Appalling'
 Betrayal

By injecting politics into hiring, Gonzales & Co. shatter public's faith

Jul 29, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Cautious Mukasey Disappoints Former Backers

It's 'business as
usual' in AG's office

Jul 23, 08 3:52 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Ohio AG Quits Amid
Sex Harassment Scandal 

Offices raided by state troopers following complaints

May 15, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Attorney General • sex scandal • sexual harassment • Ohio • corruption • Marc Dann • Gov. Ted Strickland

No Joy in Job Hunt for Ex-Attorney General

Employers say thanks, but no thanks to Alberto Gonzales

Apr 13, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(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'... More »

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

Dems Slam Ashcroft for 'Backroom' $52M Contract

Ex-AG denies charges in House hearing

Mar 11, 08 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Ashcroft angrily denied congressional Democrats' allegations today that a lucrative no-bid contract the Justice Department awarded him represents a conflict of interest, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Democrats characterized the contract as a “backroom sweetheart deal” because Ashcroft's ex-subordinates selected his firm to monitor a medical supply company... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • John Ashcroft • House Judiciary Committee • lobbyists • conflict of interest • corporate monitoring

Jailed Ex-Gov Wants Special Counsel

Siegelman seeks probe after '60 Minutes' report; Rove denies role

Feb 26, 08 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Lawyers for Jim Siegelman want an outside investigator to look into charges that GOP operatives railroaded the ex-governor of Alabama on bribery charges, reports the AP. "60 Minutes" reported Sunday that prosecutors met over 70 times with the aide that helped put Siegelman behind bars, and had him write... More »

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Karl Rove • Attorney General • corruption • Don Siegelman • Alabama • Michael Mukasey • governor

Stalling Spy Bill Hurts Intel, Admin Asserts

Letter pushes House Dems to pass new wiretapping rules

Feb 23, 08 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - As House Dems refuse to pass the Senate’s wiretapping bill, the administration is heaping more pressure on them to change their minds, reports Muckraker. A letter to the House intelligence committee from top administration officials claims that the failure to pass the bill is causing “lost intelligence information”... More »

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Attorney General • Steny Hoyer • surveillance • Mike McConnell • Michael Mukasey • warrantless wiretapping • House Democrats • Director of National Intelligence • wiretapping bill

Senate Grills Mukasey
Today on Waterboarding

Mukasey warns he'll stonewall on questions about legality

Jan 30, 08 3:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A high-noon face off is looming today between Attorney General Michael Mukasey and the Senate Judiciary Committee over waterboarding, the simulated drowning interrogation technique that many consider torture. Committee chair Patrick Leahy said Mukasey faces "serious questions" on the issue at today's hearing. But Mukasey has warned Leahy in... More »

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CIA • torture • Department of Justice • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • interrogation • Michael Mukasey • waterboarding • interrogation techniques • Abu Zubaydah • Military Commissions Act • Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri

Will Edwards Be Obama's AG?

His camp denies the rumor; either way, 3rd-place finisher
stays in race

Jan 27, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - He doesn't have a single primary win yet, but as John Edwards continues his bid for the presidency, rumors are swirling that the trial lawyer is more likely to end up as attorney general in an Obama administration. "Illinois Democrats" have been quietly circulating the rumor, claims Robert Novak,... More »

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Barack Obama • John Edwards • Attorney General • Democratic presidential primaries • Robert Novak • South Carolina primary • kingmaker • Election 2008

At Mukasey Ceremony, Bush Vows Justice Makeover

New Attorney General brings 'clear purpose and resolve'

Nov 14, 07 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush looked on as Michael Mukasey was ceremonially sworn in today as attorney general today, the AP reports, and promised to rebuild the ravaged Justice Department behind him. “Michael Mukasey has my complete trust and confidence,” Bush said. “And he's going to have the trust and... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • John Roberts • Attorney General • Michael Mukasey • George W. Bush

Mukasey Would Enforce New Torture Law, Senator Says

Schumer helps AG nomination move ahead

Nov 6, 07 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey has told Chuck Schumer he would enforce a law specifically prohibiting waterboarding and other torture practices, the senator writes in today's Times. The AG nominee's personal assurance and respect for the rule of law earned him the New York Democrat’s support in this morning's 11-8 Judiciary... More »

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Bush administration • Charles Schumer • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • Michael Mukasey

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