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Max Baucus Gave Staffer Girlfriend $14K Raise

Politico | MANU RAJU & JOHN BRESNAHAN | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Max Baucus, Baucus, Senate, US Attorney, Melodee Hanes Max Baucus, Ethics, Melodee Hanes Raise, Max Baucus, Melodee Hanes, Politics News

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, gave a nearly $14,000 pay raise to a female staffer in 2008, at the time...

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Obama's Biggest Mistake

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Insurance Industry, Montana, Melodee Hanes, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Girlfriend, Justice Department, Barack Obama, U.S. Attorney, Home News
Peter Dreier

Baucus asked the White House to appoint his girlfriend, Melodee Hanes, as Montana's U.S. Attorney. Didn't Obama learn anything from their years in Chicago surrounded by the patronage politics of the Daley machine?

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Max Baucus Nominated Melodee Hanes, His Girlfriend, For U.S. Attorney

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Montana, Baucus, Democrat, Baucus Girlfriend, Doj, Senate Finance Committee, Senate, US Attorney, Wanda Baucus, Max Baucus, Melodee Hanes Photo, Drake University, Melodee Hanes Picture, Melodee Hanes, Politics News

***UPDATED, SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTO OF MELODEE HANES*** WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is defending recommending his gi...

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Stephanie Villafuerte, Former Ritter Aid Tapped By Obama Administration, Implicated In 2006 Immigrant Scandal: Denver Post

The Denver Post | Karen E. Crummy | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: District Attorney, Carlos Estrada-Medina, Cory Voorhis, Chuck Lepley, Stephanie Villafuerte, Immigrant Plea Deal, Bill Ritter, U.S. Attorney, Fbi, Denver News

President Barack Obama's nominee as Colorado's next U.S. attorney told the FBI two years ago that she never spoke to anyone in the Denver District Att...

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Michele Brown: Christie Aide Who Got Loan May Have Helped Chris Christie Campaign For NJ Governor

New York Times | DAVID M. HALBFINGER | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Corruption, Loan, Chris Christie, Doj, Bush, Michele Brown, Christie Campaign, Foia, Money Laundering, Race, Corzine Campaign, John Corzine, Governor's Race, Federal Prosecutor, New Jersey, Karl Rove, Justice Department, Gubernatorial, US Attorney, Fbi, New York News

When news broke in August that the former United States attorney, Christopher J. Christie, had lent $46,000 to a top aide in the federal prosecutor's ...

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Ritter Aide Nominated For Colorado US Attorney

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Colorado, US Attorney, Law, Udall, Ritter, Denver, Legal, Home News

President Barack Obama has nominated Gov. Bill Ritter's deputy chief of staff to be the top federal prosecutor in Colorado. Sen. Mark Ud...

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Protecting U.S. Attorneys from At-Will Discharge

Peter M. Shane | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney Scandal, Politics News
Peter M. Shane

The rule of law depends on the public's confidence in the evenhanded administration of justice. The Bush White House proved that such confidence may well be unwarranted under the current system.

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U.S. Attorney's Office Told Staff Not To Use Drudge Report

Politico | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drudge Report Virus, Drudge, Matt Drudge, Drudge Report, US Attorney, US Attorneys Office, Drudge Virus, Politics News

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts directed employees earlier this month not to log onto the Drudge Report website with government-issued com...

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UBS Tax Probe: US Citizen Charged, First One

Associated Press | Tamara Lush | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Swiss Tax Haven, Tax Haven, US Attorney, UBS AG, Tax Haven Ubs, Michael Rubenstein, Wealthy Americans, Ubs Tax Probe, Ubs Tax Haven, Miami-Florida, Business News

MIAMI (AP) -- A yacht company accountant became the first U.S. citizen Thursday to be charged in the government's investigation into wealthy citizens ...

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Don't Let Madoff Cop a Plea

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 04.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Bernie Madoff Scam, Bernie Madoff Financial Markets, Charles Ponzi, Bernie Madoff, Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Bernie Madoff Jail, Bernie Madoff Victims, Regulatory Reform, Financial Crisis, Giant Ponzi Scheme, Global Financial Crisis, Ponzi, Alberto Gonzales, Ponzi Schemes, Financial Regulation, U.S. Attorney, Madoff-Plea-Deal, Business News
Aaron Zelinsky

For the good of the American people, Madoff's victims, and the American financial regulatory system, Madoff should be tried in open court.

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Politico Labels Bush U.S. Attorney as GOP's Future, Ignores Evidence He Politicized Office

John R. Bohrer | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chris Christie, New Jersey, Bob Menendez, Tom Kean Jr., George W. Bush, U.S. Attorney Scandal, U.S. Attorney, New Jersey Governor, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

An anonymous U.S. Attorney who was cut loose in the firing scandal that brought down Alberto Gonzales tells Politico that some of the prosecutors who remained "wished they had been fired, too."

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Mexican Gov Denounces "Toughest Sheriff in America" TV Reality Star -- Sheriff Invites Critics to Investigate Personally

Dawn Teo | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Toughest Sherrif in the World, Joe Arpaio, Maricopa Sheriff, Immigration, 287(G), U.S. Attorney, Tent City Jail, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sheriff Arpaio, Eric Holder, Mexico, Politics News
Dawn Teo

Sheriff Arpaio is as controversial as he is popular, oscillating between a conservative media darling (even landing his own reality TV show) and a liberal media pariah.

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Lawmakers, Activists Demand New Investigation of Toughest Sheriff in America

Dawn Teo | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Maricopa Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, 287(G), Tent City Jail, U.S. Attorney, Eric Holder, Toughest Sherrif in the World, Sheriff Arpaio, Politics News
Dawn Teo

Lawmakers, union leaders, human rights groups, Democratic Party leaders, and celebrities are taking on the "Toughest Sheriff in America" for policies that they say encourage racial profilin and civil rights violations.

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DOJ: Remaining Bush U.S. Attorneys Can Stay

Tribune | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patrick Fitzgerald, Obama Us Attorneys, Obama Justice Department, Bush Justice Department, Obama Doj, Bush Doj, US Attorneys, U.S. Attorney, Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, Politics News

With all the controversy surrounding the Bush administration's firings of several U.S. attorneys, the question for the Obama administration became: Wh...

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Top Homeland Security Official Accused Of Hiring Illegal Immigrants To Clean Her House

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homeland Security, Lorraine Henderson, US Attorney, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News

BOSTON — A top Homeland Security official in Boston was accused Friday of repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home, even warning o...

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Bush-Loyal U.S. Attorney Refuses To Vacate Post

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Attorneys, Obama Us Attorneys, Bush Us Attorneys, Mary Beth Buchanan, Obama Attorneys, Bush Attorney Wont Leave, US Attorney, Politics News

As Think Progress reports. when a new president is elected, U.S. attorneys generally submit their resignations to make way for the new appointees. But...

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Opportunities in the Big Three Bailout

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Three, Bailout, Health Care, Auto Industry, U.S. Attorney, Business News
Terry Curtis Fox

The CEOs need to be replaced by ambitious executives with a commitment to public service. There's an excellent model for recruiting such professionals. It's called the U.S. Attorney's Office.

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Officials Disagree Over F.B.I. and U.S. Attorney Involvement in Nevada ACORN Investigation

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Natalie Collins, Voter Fraud, Registration Fraud, Black Voters, Bob Walsh, Nevada, Acorn, Latino Voters, Vote Fraud, Voter Registration, Ross Miller, John Conyers, John McCain, F.B.I., Voter Suppression, Barack Obama, Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Scandal, U.S. Attorney, Politics News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Spokespeople for Nevada's top federal and state law enforcement authorities have staked out different positions when asked whether federal officials a...

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