By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fed authorities in Arizona have busted a special agent with ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on charges that she illegally accessed, stole and transferred sensitive U.S. government documents to family members and associates with strong ties to drug trafficking organizations south of the border, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Jovana Samaniego…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Soon we’ll get the verdict in the Blago II trial and we’ll start to evaluate what it means for Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. The jury begins the fifth day of deliberations on Thursday. The first trial did not bode so well for Fitzgerald, the rock star among U.S. Attorneys. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For the first time since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988, a federal jury in Connecticut has voted to impose the death penalty. A federal jury in New Haven, Conn. voted Wednesday to unanimously condemn drug dealer Azibo Aquart, 30, of Bridgeport, Conn. to death for murdering three Bridgeport…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– The case of the smashed up $750,000 Ferrari simply won’t go away for the FBI and the Justice Department. Reporter Ed White of the Associated Press reports that a Southfield, Mi. insurance firm, which is suing the feds to recover money from the crash, is wondering about the suspicious…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Somebody inside the Beltway apparently likes Beth Phillips. In 2009, President Obama appointed her as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri in Kansas City. Earlier this week, the White House nominated the U.S. Attorney for a federal judgeship in Missouri. Before becoming U.S. Attorney she was an Assistant U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Recognizing the ever-disturbing problem of domestic violence on U.S. tribal lands, U.S. Mexico U.S. Attorney Ken Gonzales plans to announce the hiring of a prosecutor to specifically address the problem, the Associated Press reported. AP said the move is part of a pilot program by the Office of Violence Against Woman…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Mississippi U.S. Attorney H.M. Ray, whose 20- year reign included the 1960s civil rights era, and who served under five presidents, died at age 86, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported. Ray was appointed by President Kennedy to the Jackson, Miss. office, and resigned right after Ronald Reagan became president in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s never a good idea. Daniel F. Cleary, 48, of Weston, Fla. knows that now. Clearly pleaded guilty last Friday in federal court in Southern Florida to impersonating an FBI agent, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Authorities said it all began on Jan. 13 of this year when Broward Sheriff’s Office…
