US Attorney for WV Southern District

Department of Injustice (4.00 / 3)

The Bush administration should just go ahead and change the name from Department of Justice to the Department of Injustice:

Federal prosecutors took the first steps toward reducing the prison sentence of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, currently scheduled for release in 2011 for a Florida fraud conviction.

and

The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that Bush administration political appointees repeatedly ordered her to take steps that weakened the government's racketeering case.

Sharon Y. Eubanks said Bush loyalists in Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's office began micromanaging the team's strategy in the final weeks of the 2005 trial, to the detriment of the government's claim that the industry had conspired to lie to U.S. smokers.

They're not even trying to hide any more how they have subverted justice by turning it into a partisan system to protect their campaign contributors.

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 06:11:33 AM UTC

WV Southern District Nostalgia (4.00 / 4)

GOP'rs: They eat there own and cover-up the leftovers.

From 3/19/2007 DOJ Doc Dump page DAG000000801:

Examples Where Judges Discussed Appointing or Attempted to Appoint unacceptable Candidates:

1. Southern District Of West Virginia: When a U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of West Virginia, David Faber, was confirmed to be a federal judge in 1987, the district went through a series of temporary appointments. Following the Attorney General's 120 day appointment of an individual named Michael Carey, the court appointed another individual as the U.S. Attorney. The court's appointee was not a DOJ-employee at the time and had not been subject of any background investigation.  The court's appointee came into the office and started making inquiries into ongoing public integrity investigations, including investigations into Charleston Mayor Michael Roark and the Governor Arch Moore, both of whom were later tried and convicted of various federal charges. The First Assistant United States Attorney, knowing that the Department did not have the benefit of having a background exainination on the appointee, believed that her inquiries into these sensitive cases were inappropriate and reported them to the Executive Office for United States Attorneys in Washington, D.C. The Department directed that the office remove the investigative files involving the Governor from the office for safeguarding. The Department further directed that the court's appointee be recused from certain criminal matters until a background examination was completed. During that time, the Reagan Administration sped up Michael Carey's nomination. Carey Was confirmed and the court's appointee Was replaced within two-three weeks of her original appointment.

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by: face @ Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 14:15:44 PM UTC

face -- Welcome to WVaBlue (4.00 / 2)

That's a great find!

Any idea what the name of this "[other] individual" who "was not a DOJ-employee at the time" was? The pronoun "she" is given, but I don't see a name there.

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by: Clem Guttata @ Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 14:44:07 PM UTC

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Thx for the Welcome! (4.00 / 3)

I have no idea who "she" was.  It's apparent she was not a Loyal Bushie, I mean Reaganite.

Side note: I see John McKay, Fmr. U.S. Attorney, Western District of Washington is scheduled for C-SPAN's Washington Journal on Monday.

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by: face @ Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 23:55:26 PM UTC

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nemesis -- Welcome to WVaBlue (4.00 / 2)

And thank you for this great diary!

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by: Clem Guttata @ Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 14:44:56 PM UTC

Thank you! (4.00 / 3)

I hope to be able to contribute something worthwhile to the discussion here. We have quite a few excellent contributors already!

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by: nemesis @ Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 23:12:19 PM UTC

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Welcome Nemesis..... (0.00 / 0)

I too enjoyed the diary.  I often miss the Charleston news and I find this particular story fascinating.

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by: murrayewv @ Fri Jun 22, 2007 at 02:03:07 AM UTC