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Environmental Prosecutions Continue to Decrease
Syracuse Trac just reported the number of environmental criminal prosecutions is continuing to drop. (see here). Based upon first quarter statistics, the "annual total [projected] prosecutions will be 220 for this fiscal year." This would be down from 338 for FY 2017 and 393 for FY 2016. In 2007 the number was above 900 prosecutions
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The Martin Act: A Tool for Reform or an Abuse of Power?
NYU Law School Center on the Administration of Criminal Law will be hosting a symposium titled, The Martin Act: A Tool for Reform or an Abuse of Power? On Monday, February 26, 2018 from 9:30 -2:00 p.m. More information and to register, see here. The program is as follows: Panel One: The Martin Act and the
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Where’s the Spaghetti?
For an "interesting" case of alleged corruption that focuses on "meatballs." See Jess Bidgood, Testimony in Corruption Case Hinges on the Meaning of 'Meatballs,' NYTimes, Jan. 27, 2018; Emily Opilo & Peter Hall, Pawlowski Attorney Introduces Meatball Theory Amid Contract-Rigging Testimony, The Morning Call, Jan. 29, 2018. (esp)
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Peanut Company Officers Case Emanating From Salmonella Outbreak – Affirmed
The 11th Circuit affirmed the convictions of three defendants coming from a 2009 investigation of a peanut production plant that was identified as the source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak. The court in United States v. Parnell stated in an unpublished opinion: "The jury found Stewart and Michael guilty of several counts of fraudulently introducing
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Point of Personal Privilege: McCabe’s No-Brainer
I was young once; a federal prosecutor investigating savings and loan ("S&L") fraud for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of Texas (San Antonio Division). About a year after the 1988 Presidential election, we got a new U.S. Attorney. He was a politically active civil attorney from El Paso. During this time period, there arose a "person of interest" in one of my biggest S&L cases. This person of interest was a partner
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Media Coverage of Friday’s International Soccer Convictions
On Friday, two international soccer executives were convicted in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, for their roles in a global bribery scandal. The defendants were alleged to have received bribes and kickbacks to influence decisions regarding media rights associated with significant FIFA soccer tournaments. The defendants were also alleged to have accepted payments to
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Unclean Hands
Judge Jeanine Pirro, Jesse Watters, and other Fox News all-stars are calling Bob Mueller's investigation an attempted coup, a deliberate attempt to overturn the results of the 2016 election. Liberal media commentators are outraged, as well they should be. I'm personally disgusted by such tactics. Mueller is a duly appointed Special Counsel, put in place
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McCabe & Mr. Mueller: Where Are We Now?
With apologies to the memory of Robert Altman. FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe wouldn't know a conflict of interest if it jumped up and bit him in the butt. He had no business supervising the Clinton Email investigation or the Clinton Foundation investigation in any capacity whatsoever. Supervising those investigations after his wife's political campaign accepted a $600K
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The Next Potential Bombshell: Associate Deputy AG Ohr Met With Steele and Simpson.
James Rosen of Fox News reported last night that recently removed Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr (an Obama holdover) met during the 2016 Presidential campaign with Steele Dossier author Christopher Steele and shortly after the election with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson. The story is here. If these meetings happened, they would constitute extremely unusual behavior for a high-level
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“Follow the Money”? Or Maybe Not?
Reports now that President "Trump's lawyer denied any such subpoena had been issued." Philip Ewing, NPR, Subpoena For Deutsche Bank May Put Mueller On Collision Course With Trump Arno Schuetze, Nathan Layne, Reuters, Trump Lawyer Denies Deutsche Bank Got Subpoena on Trump Accounts (esp)
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