U.S. Attorneys in the Line of Fire
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Did the Justice Department dismiss eight prosecutors for cause? Or was it a political purge? The Democrats in Congress want to find out
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President Bush's move yesterday to block congressional testimony by two former aides provoked immediate condemnations from Democratic lawmakers and escalated a confrontation between the White House and Capitol Hill over the dismissals of nine U.S. attorneys.
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Government prosecutors rested their terrorism case against a civil rights attorney and two others by invoking references to Osama bin Laden, anti-American hatred and Sept. 11, drawing immediate protests from the defense.
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Alleging heavy-handed political pressure, fired U.S. prosecutors testified Tuesday they felt "leaned on" by Republican lawmakers to seek indictments and hushed by a Justice Department official who did not want them talking about their dismissals.
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Democratic lawmakers set up a possible court showdown with President George W. Bush on Wednesday by summoning two of his former aides to testify about the controversial firing of federal prosecutors last year.
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The subpoenas from Congress intensify pressure on the White House over the dismissals of U.S. attorneys.
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Top military lawyers said that some provisions would not withstand legal scrutiny or do enough to repair the nationÂs tarnished reputation.
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Members of a U.S. military commission are being challenged by defense attorneys who say their ties to the war on terror could affect their ability to fairly judge four detainees charged with war crimes.
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An eighth U.S. attorney announced her resignation yesterday, the latest in a wave of forced departures of federal prosecutors who have clashed with the Justice Department over the death penalty and other issues.
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Four years after scrambling to get lawyers to Florida to fight a recount battle, the Republican and Democratic parties are deploying thousands of attorneys across the country ahead of the Nov. 2 presidential election.
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A recently fired U.S. attorney based in Seattle said yesterday that he was told of no performance problems when he was asked to resign, and he called critical remarks by a top Justice Department official "unfair" and inaccurate.
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Bush administration officials unveiled a bold new assertion of executive authority yesterday in the dispute over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys, saying that the Justice Department will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges initiated by Congress against White House officials once the pres...
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U.S. attorneys whose resignations have been sought by the Justice Department in recent months:
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THE HAGUE -- It's not easy being Slobodan Milosevic's lawyer. Appointed two weeks ago to defend the former Yugoslav president against war crimes charges, British attorney Steven Kay's practiced poise and calm legal demeanor has, at times, given way to sheer frustration.
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Congressional overseers have their hands full investigating the deeds and, they allege, misdeeds of the White House Office of Political Affairs. Did the office's involvement in the firing of the nine U.S. attorneys cross the line? What about its staff's use of Republican National Committee e-mail...
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In a high-stakes drama of legal gamesmanship, prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Michael Jackson child molestation case are battling over still secret evidence that might
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In a high-stakes drama of legal gamesmanship, prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Michael Jackson child molestation case are battling over secret evidence that might make or break the case against the pop star.