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Alberto Gonzales has officially resigned from his post at the Department of Justice, amid scandals associated with the firing of several justices. Alberto Gonzales is accused of lying under oath to Congress about the political and... [more]
Alberto Gonzales has officially resigned from his post at the Department of Justice, amid scandals associated with the firing of several justices. Alberto Gonzales is accused of lying under oath to Congress about the political and partisan implications of his actions. Many people within the congress and justic department believe that Gonzales ignored the law and constitutional responsibilities in order to give the Bush Administration more power. Alberto Gonzales was the nation's 80th Attorney General.
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A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday and told the southern Texas prosecutor who brought the case to exercise caution as his ...
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She is looking into the possibility that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, former Gonzales Chief of ...
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She is looking into the possibility that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, former Gonzales Chief of ...
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I'm not used to agreeing with Sens. Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein on anything regarding the Justice Department.
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Eric Holder’s role in the pardon of Marc Rich is unlikely to derail his nomination as attorney general, but it will give Senate Republicans a chance to make their Democratic colleagues squirm. With a confirmation hearing at least a month away, aides to Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary...
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A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday and told the south Texas prosecutor who brought the case to exercise caution as his term in office ends.
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Yesterday, a Texas judge dismissed indictments brought against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra had accused the two men of holding responsibility for prisoner abuse at privately-run federal prisons in the...
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The former chief of staff for ex-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has taken a leave of absence from Hunton & Williams as an investigation into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys progresses.
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Subpoenas issued in US Attorney firings probe: report The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Michael Mukasey to examine the "haphazard, arbitrary and unprofessional" conduct of his predecessor ...
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Filed under: Breaking News, Dick Cheney, ScandalAccording to a report from South Texas TV station News Channel 5, Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra revealed last week why his investigation into the 2001 death of a prisoner, Gregorio De La Rosa, Jr., led him to the vice president. The...
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A judge in Texas has dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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Two weeks ago, the LB strongly hinted here that the indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales by a grand jury in south Texas didn’t have much chance of going forward. Well, you can call us the next Nostradamus, because those indictments went...
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You might recall that a couple of weeks back the grand jury in Willacy County, Texas handed down an indictment against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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Filed under: President Bush, Bush Administration, Featured Stories, IraqIt seems that, one by one, the architects of the Iraq War are trying to rehabilitate their consciences. On Monday, David Knowles reported on President George W. Bush's regret over being "unprepared" for war. Now, Karl Rove is...
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A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday and told the southern Texas prosecutor who brought the case to exercise caution as his term in office ends.
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Top Democrats have scolded us for the last three years about the grave danger to the rule of law posed by the politicization of the Justice Department.
The Wall Street Journal's editors remind us this morning that the Clinton Justice Department was the most politicized in history ... and that...
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A judge in Raymondville, Texas has dropped indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Judge Manuel Banales, after surviving a motion to have him removed from the case, threw out eight of the indictments brought by Willacy County District Attorney...
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RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday and told the southern Texas prosecutor who brought the case to exercise caution as his term in office ends.
Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel...
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Monday dismissed any concern that Attorney General nominee Eric Holder's confirmation process would be haunted by the pardon of Marc Rich.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Monday dismissed any concern that Attorney General nominee Eric Holder’s confirmation process would be...
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It was pretty clear back in September, when the Justice Department hired well-known antitrust litigator Sandy Litvack, that it had decided that it was going to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google, even if there were serious questions about what harm its ad deal with Yahoo would actually...
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He and former Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales were included in a Texas prisoner-abuse case, Cheney because he invests in a company that invests in prison firms. A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales on Monday and chastised the...
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today that Eric Holder Jr. has the potential to be an attorney general in the mold of Robert F. Kennedy. In a news conference at the Capitol broadcast on C-SPAN,...
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During a press conference today, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, echoed President-elect Obama’s vow to end torture and pledged to continue investigating the Bush administration’s torture policies. “All that is going to be reviewed,” he said:
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Is Bush the Worst President in the Last 50 Years? In Debate Over Bush Legacy, Karl Rove Defends Old Boss but Contradicts Him on WMD By RUSSELL GOLDMAN Dec. 3, 2008— Karl Rove, a close confidant and former adviser to President Bush, said Tuesday he did not believe the administration would have...
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers want Attorney General Michael Mukasey to give them the details on how much the Justice Department is ...
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Kevin Ring’s lawyers are pressing Justice Department lawyers to turn over any info they developed on him.
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Here's an update on last week's news that you and I are picking up the tab for that idiot Gonzales's private lawyer to defend him "against allegations that he encouraged officials to inject partisan politics into the department's hiring and firing practices." Congress's Justice committee chairs...
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Filed under: Bush Administration, Republicans, Breaking News, Dick Cheney, Scandal, InvestigationsChris Weber reported last week on indictments of Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that were handed down by a south Texas grand jury. I'm no legal expert, but...
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Looks like Ted Ullyo, the man who advised Bush administration through the Valerie Plame scandal and chief of staff to former U.S. Atty. General Alberto Gonzales, will work for Facebook . The company, founded and run by 20-somethings, is seeking to ...
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Democratic leaders in Congress are urging Attorney General Michael Mukasey to disclose the details of a Justice Department agreement to pay a private attorney to defend his predecessor, Alberto Gonzales, against allegations that he encouraged his subordinates to weigh politics...
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy wrote to Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich on Monday requesting statistics on the number of prosecutions and/or investigations the Justice ...
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A Vermont senator wrote to the Justice Department Monday expressing concern about the recent breach of President-elect Barack Obama's cell phone records.
"Cell phone records provide a wealth of sensitive personal data that can be of great use to criminals, and the unauthorized disclosure of...
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A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on state charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County's federal detention centers.
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Everybody balks at the "rescue" of the stock market, savings and loans, and the prospect of bailing out the big three automakers.
But, where is the grumbling when it comes to the Justice Department's approval of using taxpayer funds to rescue some of our highest elected officials from charges of...
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RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — A county prosecutor who brought indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday about special treatment for high-profile ...
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A judge hears arguments today on indictments handed down against Vice President Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and others.
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Two members of Congress are demanding answers following revelations that taxpayers are paying up to $24,000 per month to foot former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's legal bills. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who chair ...
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RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center.
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey should make all information publicly available regarding a deal in which the government pays for legal expenses for Alberto Gonzales, two Democratic chairmen said Monday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. John ...
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Mr. Gonzales is accused of blocking an investigation into abuse at the detention centers while he was attorney general. A spokesman for the vice president ...
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Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey asserted yesterday that the "level of cooperation and communication is very high" between his team and the transition group for President-elect Barack Obama.
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A group of retired military officers opposed to harsh interrogation techniques sanctioned by the Bush administration met with members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team yesterday to press the incoming administration to establish a single, internationally accepted standard for the...
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An anti-war protester confronted former Bush administration aide Karl Rove while he spoke at a San Francisco mortgage bankers' meeting.
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As a new special prosecutor is assigned to probe the firings, stunning details emerge -- including Alberto Gonzales's fake notes.
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Today, President Bush was briefed on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Proliferation and Terrorism report on U.S. progress against the threat of WMD proliferation and terrorism. President Bush welcomes the Commission's report and findings on the greatest threat...
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The Bush administration finalized rules yesterday that will make it easier for mountaintop mining companies to dump their waste near rivers and streams, overhauling a 25-year-old prohibition that has sparked legal and regulatory battles for years.
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Stephens Washington Bureau * asadler@stephensmedia.com WASHINGTON - An internal investigation released Monday described the Justice Department's 2006 firings of Arkansas federal prosecutor Bud Cummins and eight ...
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July 30, 2008 -- Breaking the law at the U.S. Justice Department, of all places, should carry serious consequences. Three top aides to former Attorney General Alberto...
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In nominating former federal prosecutors to lead the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, President-elect Barack Obama yesterday selected two Democrats with sterling law-and-order credentials but less experience in detecting threats and gathering intelligence in the age of international...
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President George W. Bush today announced that he intends to nominate two individuals and appoint 18 individuals to serve in his Administration.
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Today, President and Mrs. Bush marked World AIDS Day 2008 with Pastor Rick Warren at the Newseum and discussed the success of this Administration's global HIV/AIDS initiative. President and Mrs. Bush have made a historic commitment to the fight against global HIV/AIDS. Since 2001, the...
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Two powerful employee organizations are pressing the Bush administration to prove that in its final weeks, political aides are not improperly winning career government jobs at the expense of more qualified workers.
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Few federal agencies are expected to undergo as radical a transformation under President-elect Barack Obama as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department, which have been at the epicenter of many of the Bush administration's most intense scientific and environmental controver...
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As the Bush administration prepares to issue its ruling on whether to limit greenhouse gases, it's sending out a message to some of its allies: Tell us how much you don't want us to regulate emissions linked to global warming.
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The president of the nation's largest general science organization yesterday sharply criticized recent cases of Bush administration political appointees gaining permanent federal jobs with responsibility for making or administering scientific policies, saying the result would be "to leave...
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The Bush administration is finalizing changes to the Endangered Species Act that would ensure that federal agencies would not have to take global warming into account when assessing risks to imperiled plants and animals.
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Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey collapsed last evening while delivering a speech to a prominent legal group and was rushed to George Washington University Hospital.
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Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey collapsed last evening while delivering a speech to a prominent legal group and was rushed to George Washington University Hospital.
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The Bush administration is "close" to finalizing a regulatory overhaul of the Endangered Species Act to allow federal agencies to decide whether protected species would be harmed by agency projects, according to the Interior Department.
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... have not been charged, to protect them from future accusations, such as former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales or star baseball pitcher Roger Clemens. ...
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10:00 AM PST Vaughn Walker, Chief Judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California, will hear arguments regarding claims against the ...
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In a very personal 6-page letter to Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, Clifford & Anita Marshall expressed their years of anguish and frustration ...
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By Chad Selweski, Journal Register News Service Attorney General Mike Cox continues to butt heads with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan over legislation ...
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By Chuck Muth Here’s what we know: Democrat Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is seeking a grand jury indictment of Republican Lt. Gov. ...
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California's Department of Justice will use such a targeted search to identify possible relatives of the Los Angeles serial killer, authorities confirmed. ...
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Today, President Bush visited the Department of Transportation (DOT) and discussed measures to improve air travel, both during the upcoming holiday season and in the future, and highlighted his Administration's transportation safety record. Over the holidays, millions of Americans will take to...
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Just weeks before leaving office, the Interior Department's top lawyer has shifted half a dozen key deputies -- including two former political appointees who have been involved in controversial environmental decisions -- into senior civil service posts.