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That rule guided Holder after he left Queens to become a corruption prosecutor, municipal judge and U.S. Attorney. And it will probably guide him as the nation's 82nd Attorney General. Holder takes over a sprawling, 110,000-person Justice Department that was treated at times like a private law firm by the Bush Administration, both in its novel interpretation of the law and in the way it purged employees who did not share its political views. Returning to the department he helped run in the late 1990s, Holder invited all employees to his grand fifth-floor office to introduce...
...later adding that he would be willing to “lie and cheat” in order to ruin them. Simpkins had been working as an intern at the Dorchester District Courthouse since September 2007. The DA terminated Simpkins’ internship on Jan. 26, the Monday after prosecutors learned of his arrest. “Particularly disturbing was the fact that [Simpkins] said that he worked at the district attorney’s office,” Wark said. Simpkins was brought to court for his arraignment Jan. 26. Due to the fact that Simpkins’ former...
Blagojevich had originally boycotted the trial, calling the proceedings, which began on Monday afternoon, a "kangaroo court." That allowed prosecutor David Ellis to present his case at a steady clip without any real hitches. Witnesses testified, evidence was presented and the occasional wiretap tape played. Blagojevich's soliloquy did not slow Ellis down. The trial moved swiftly to a conclusion and the unloved governor was sent packing a couple of hours after what turned out to be his valedictory. (See pictures of the remarkable world of Rod Blagojevich...
...hard as nails enforcer, so what will be key is who she brings in to head enforcement," says Coffee, a specialist in corporate and securities law. "It has to be someone strong, this will send a signal, this will be a symbol of unequivocal enforcement. A tough prosecutor will be a big, big help to her, and the agency needs that...
...Richard Wallace knows something about Schapiro and believes she will take bold action. Wallace worked at Schapiro's FINRA for the last 12 years, and before that was an enforcement prosecutor at the SEC. Wallace is now partner at the law firm Foley & Lardner, chief counsel of its financial industry regulatory authority practice. "Within a few months of coming on board at FINRA, Mary brought charges against Banker's Trust Securities," Wallace says. "She jumped right in, she beefed up enforcement, and wasn't afraid at all to take on powerful interests. She was an enforcement officer once, and enforcement...