By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James A. Baker, a former federal prosecutor, has been named the general counsel for the FBI. Baker, a University of Michigan Law School graduate, clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Bernard A. Friedman in Detroit before joining the Department of Justice with the Criminal Division through the Attorney General’s Honors Program…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge put an end to Attorney General Eric Holder’s request to appeal his contempt case following the bungled gun-running Operation Fast and Furious, Politico reports. Monday’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson potentially puts Holder on the hot seat. The ruling means the Justice Department likely will…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder plans to speak at the funeral today of the TSA agent killed in a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport, the Los Angeles Times reports. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena for Gerardo I. Hernandez, who became the first TSA…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com House Republicans are planning to remove AG Eric Holder from office by year’s end, Rep. Tod Yoho, R-Fla., told the Gainsville Sun. “It’s to get him out of office — impeachment,” the Florida freshman said, adding “it will probably be when we get back in [Washington]. It will be before the end…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder reflected on his life as a black man in a Queens neighborhood, Huffington Post reports. Holder said the experience shed light on the challenges facing African Americans, many of whom ended up in jail when he was growing up. “Kids who I grew up with, who I played…
The Post-Journal Editorial Marijuana is illegal under federal law. Yet Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to interfere in any way with two states where recreational use of the drug has become permissible. Colorado and Washington decriminalized marijuana last fall. Many states allow its use for medicinal purposes, but the two western states…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After high-profile corruption cases against Detroit officials, including ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a joint task force that includes the FBI announced charges Thursday against seven building inspectors accused of accepting bribes for phony inspections, the Detroit News reports. The charges stem from an FBI probe dating as far back as 2007. According to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal lawmakers are calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to respond to a Reuters report that showed the NSA was supplying the DEA with surveillance information about domestic, non-terrorism cases, Reuters reported Monday evening. Five Democrats in the Senate and three congressmen want to know if the DEA – as reported – passed NSA…
