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...Ohio's legislature neared its first round of forced retirements last year, 13 of 39 term-limited representatives quit to take jobs in the private sector or in Governor Bob Taft's administration. House speaker Jo Ann Davidson, term-limited herself, had to appoint three finance chairmen in a single year. "You have to run an ongoing orientation throughout the session," she says...
...Replacing Mary Jo White Rumors continue to swirl that U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White will leave her job in the southern district of New York this summer - especially now that the East Africa bombing trial is nearly over. In the early days of the Bush administration, a source said that she would be kept on at least as long as the trial continued. Guilty verdicts on all 302 counts against the four defendants were handed down May 29, a major coup for White's office. Now the case enters the penalty phase. Two of those convicted, Mohamed Rashed Daoud...
...Mary Jo White: People generally think very highly of the U.S. Attorney for Manhattan, but she?s a very long shot. It would be interesting to see a woman take over this job - especially because the Bureau thrives on a fairly militaristic, manly-man style. White?s name has come up a few times, because lots of Republicans think highly of her for her investigation into Bill Clinton?s pardon of Marc Rich...
...Attorney Mary Jo White has kept a steady parade of witnesses moving through the courthouse as she probes whether there was a financial quid pro quo or any other illegality in Clinton's grant of clemency to Rich. Beth Dozoretz, a Democratic Party fundraiser who is close to both Clinton and Rich's ex-wife Denise, has had a second session in the grand jury, and former deputy White House counsel Bruce Lindsey, as well as Meredith Cabe, another former White House lawyer, have also appeared, according to people involved in the case. Dozoretz testified without immunity, although...
Pressing her investigation of the Clinton pardons, U.S. Attorney MARY JO WHITE has subpoenaed the ex-President's brother Roger, requiring him to appear before a grand jury on April 20 for questioning about his role in an alleged swindle involving a Texas pair's attempt to get a pardon for a relative. ROGER CLINTON'S lawyer, Bart Williams, is asking White to give his client time to decide whether to testify or claim the Fifth, but she may be a tough sell. "They are moving speedily along, and they are not letting people have extensions," says a lawyer involved...