Word: holderness
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...excerpt from the statement of united states attorney Eric H. Holder, Jr. as he announced the indictment of democratic congressman Dan Rostenkowski of Chicago, as reported by the associated press on June...
...deliver. Last week it was widely leaked that his lawyer, Robert Bennett, had met with prosecutors in the chairman's long-running criminal case and suggested that the Congressman might be willing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor. If that proposition were rebuffed, the accounts went, U.S. Attorney Eric Holder would probably request a felony indictment of Rostenkowski by Memorial...
...Rostenkowski were to plead guilty to a lesser felony, Holder's office might be willing to go along with it in order to avoid a jury trial. Said a source with knowledge of the government's case against Rostenkowski: "It's not a head shot." This means that regardless of what the feds think they can prove the Congressman or his employees did, the prosecutors lack overwhelming evidence to prove it was done with intent to perpetrate a major fraud. The prosecutors believe, moreover, that juries in the District of Columbia tend to favor the defendant. A Rostenkowski confidant says...
Shearman, who teaches the popular Literature and Arts B core class on Michelangelo, will assume the Adams University Professorship on July 1 when current chair holder Bernard Bailyn retires...
...Attorney Eric Holder, investigating alleged financial wrongdoing by Illinois Democratic Representative Dan Rostenkowski, wants the Justice Department to seek an indictment. Rostenkowski denies any wrongdoing...