The Post has the latest on the investigation into the Department of Justice’s handling of the Ted Stevens prosecution. The special prosecutor investigating whether criminal contempt statutes were violated in the government’s botched case against Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has scheduled interviews with the six Justice Department lawyers at the center of the episode, according […]
Day: December 5, 2009
Sen. Baucus and his nominee for U.S. attorney for Montana
The Post features a story on Sen. Baucus’ nomination of Melodee Hanes to be U.S. attorney for Montana. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana, a spokesman said. The Montana Democrat and his former […]
Coming soon to the internet, secret Blagojevich recordings?
The Chicago Tribune reports that a computer with secret government wiretaps involving former Gov. Rod Blagojevich were stolen from his lawyers’ offices. But hundreds of recordings haven’t been made public in advance of Blagojevich’s trial, scheduled to begin next June, and many may never be aired. The burglary took place at the law offices of […]