Word: prosecutor
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...House correspondent James Carney says the McDougals' convictions brought on an abrupt about-face from the Administration. "The White House was feeling pretty cocky about these various scandals until this week, and was playing hardball the Oversight Committee." The Committee's findings will be closely watched by Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr, whose authority was expanded a couple of months ago to include the travel office affair. Nobody expects today's move to end the Travelgate issue, but by releasing the documents the White House avoids the spectacle of a full House contempt vote against Jack Quinn; David Watkins...
PALERMO, Sicily: Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca was arrested by four hundred police officers in his Canatello vacation home. Charged with killing of anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone, Brusca was taken into custody while watching a movie about Falcone's death. Brusca allegedly set off a roadside explosion which killed Falcone, his wife and three police agents as their cars sped along a highway near Palermo. He was taken to a Palermo prison amid cheering crowds of police officers. "The police were absolutely joyous last night," says TIME's Greg Burke. "A victory celebration broke out when he was brought...
Greany gave up a career in corporate law in New York City to join the show last year and Appel was a federal prosecutor in Manhattan...
...Board proceeded with its disciplinary hearing while the criminal investigation was still in process. Itagaki was forced to withdraw voluntarily in order to postpone his Ad Board hearing, because any testimony that he would have given to the Board could and would have been used against him by the prosecutor in the criminal case--a dilemma he would not have faced had the Ad Board adhered to its own regulation and waited until the criminal case were over...
MIAMI, FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey announced Friday that he will resign from his job as a federal prosecutor after a Miami newspaper reported accusations that he bit a topless dancer on the arm. "The strain on my family has been so great, I am returning to private practice and I owe it my family to do this," said Coffey at a press conference at the federal courthouse. Coffey's resignation comes one day after the Miami Herald reported that the prosecutor was under investigation by the Justice Department. According to the Herald, a dancer at the Lipstik Adult Entertainment...