Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Head of the FBI’s Milwaukee office, Teresa Carlson, is temporarily working at the Facilities and Logistics Services Division at headquarters in Washington D.C. while authorities investigate claims that she pressured a subordinate to commit perjury, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Still, Carlson remains the special agent in charge of the Milwaukee office,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s game time for the baseball legend Barry Bonds. Jury selection begins Monday in federal court in San Francisco for the home run slugger who is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying when he said he didn’t take steroids. Bonds, 46, is not likely to face prison…
Barry Bonds/facebook By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Home run slugger Barry Bonds just keeps knocking them out of the park in the legal arena. On Friday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a federal judge’s ruling that bars three steroid tests from being introduced into his perjury case, a ruling that…
It sounded like perjury. But Holder has spoken. By Evan Perez Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder says he won’t overturn prosecutors’ decision declining to prosecute a former Bush administration Justice official investigated for possible perjury during the investigation of the 2006 U.S. attorney firings. Bradley Schlozman, a former lawyer in the…
Could this be strike three for prosecutors trying to put baseball slugger Barry Bonds behind bars for perjury? Frustrated federal prosecutors hope not. By Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors in the perjury case against former Giants star Barry Bonds have made their final written plea to a federal appeals court…
Well, he dodged one bullet. But will he remain in the Senate? Who knows. This guy has had a rocky road to Capitol Hill. By Lynn Sweet Chicago Sun-Times Roland Burris will not be charged with perjury, Downstate prosecutor says Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Schmidt declined to press perjury charges against U.S. Sen. Roland…
Just when you thought the dust has settled for the time being. BY NATASHA KORECKI AND DAVE MCKINNEY Chicago Sun-Times State lawmakers are calling for a criminal investigation into whether U.S. Sen. Roland Burris committed perjury before a state impeachment panel, in the wake of a Sun-Times exclusive story published online today. The development comes…
The last thing this police department needs is more bad publicity. The question is whether this probe will have any legs. By Jack Leonard Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities have launched a civil rights investigation into several Los Angeles police officers accused of lying under oath in a drug possession case that…
