Word: civiletti
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...Philadephia Story, or what has come to be known as simply the Marston case. Why did Congressman Eilberg personally call Carter last November to ask for Marston's immediate removal? Did Carter know that Marston had launched an investigation of Eilberg because of questionable financial dealings? Was Benjamin Civiletti, the head of the criminal division of the Justice Department, informed of the Eilberg investigation by one of his high-level aides...
Baker now swears that he believed the investigation was still in its preliminary stages at the time; that there was no change in its status from when he was first informed of it in August. He also swears he twice told the head of the criminal division, Benjamin Civiletti, about the investigation of Eilberg. "My notes indicate that I reported my conversation with Marston to Mr. Civiletti some time on or after November 25, 1977," Baker has stated...
...curious phenomenon appears: not only do Baker's statements contradict Marston's, but they don't quite fit into the picture Civiletti has painted either. Civiletti claims the only time he heard about the case was in the spring; Baker says he told him in August. That fact notwithstanding, Civiletti says, "I have never heard anything more concerning the matter and I do not know anything about the Philadelphia U.S. Attorney's investigation of any matters, subjects or persons...
...response, Delaware G.O.P. Congressman Thomas Evans pointed out that Marston had nailed two Republicans along with several Democrats, and had urged an independent congressional investigation "of this increasingly sordid affair." Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members are planning to keep the controversy boiling at confirmation hearings later this winter for Civiletti as Deputy Attorney General and Baker as U.S. Attorney for Baltimore...
Parker thereupon jolted Helms, Wil-iams and Civiletti by declining to wrap up the deal right then and there. When Williams demurred, Parker asked: "You had hoped that I would sentence him today?" Replied Williams: "Both the Government and I had hoped that you would do that." The judge was not to be hurried. "Well, Mr. Williams, I am like a ship without a rudder. I am a fish out of the sea. I do not have any report or anything to aid me in sentencing...