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Attorney-Client Privilege Hearing Set
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has issued a notice of a hearing on September 18, 2007 on "Examining Approaches to Corporate Fraud Prosecutions and the Attorney-Client Privilege Under the McNulty Memorandum." (esp)
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The Siegelman Prosecution
Adam Nossiter of the NYTimes has a fascinating article that tells of forthcoming scrutiny of the prosecutor’s decision to proceed on the case of former Governor Don Siegelman. The article raises interesting questions concerning prosecutorial discretion, and it looks like Karl Rove may have some questions to answer. Prosecutors clearly have enormous prosecutorial discretion in…
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Perjury
The Oregonian has an article by Edward Walsh that discusses the amount of perjury that regularly occurs in courts. In the federal system perjury is controlled by 18 U.S.C. s 1621 which requires that the "government prove that the defendant 1) under oath, by one authorized to administer the oath; 2) before a competent tribunal,…
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Protecting Sea Turtles
A DOJ Press Release tells of a "three-year undercover operation conducted by federal agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service" and how this investigation "led to the arrests [ ] of five individuals for their roles in illegal international trade of exotic skins and parts manufactured from sea turtles and other protected species of…
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Attorney & Former Judges Sentenced
A DOJ press release reports on an attorney and two former judges in Mississippi being sentenced following jury convictions to charges of bribery, RICO, and fraud. The attorney received a sentence of 11 years, a 2.7 million dollar fine, a 1.5 million dollar restitution that will be shared with a co-defendant, and a special assessment. …
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Public Corruption is Now the FBI’s Top Priority
TPMmuckraker quotes a National Journal story (here) that public corruption is now the top priority of the FBI, which is committing increased resources to the cases. The story states: "According to FBI officials, cases involving corrupt government officials are now the bureau’s top criminal priority. The number of FBI agents focusing on public corruption has…
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Skilling’s Fifth Circuit Brief Arrives
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s counsel delivered the opening brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging the convictions — although "brief" may not be entirely accurate as the filing comes in at a hefty 237 pages, roughly 60,000 words according to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog (here). Former Acting…
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Rep. Jefferson Files a Flurry of Motions
Louisiana Representative William Jefferson filed a number of motions challenging the corruption charges filed against him in the Eastern District of Virginia in June 2007. The fifteen motions include requests to dismiss the counts, to suppress evidence, to change the venue in the case to Washington D.C., discovery requests, and to strike surplusage from the…
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Hyundai CEO Avoids Jail Because of His Importance to the Korean Economy
Hyundai Motor Group CEO Chung Mong-koo had his three year jail sentence for diverting over $100 million from the company into a political slush fund suspended by the Seoul High Court in favor of what is in effect five years of probation. Hyundai accounts for approximately 7% of Korea’s exports, and Chung’s absence likely would…
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Who Is the Next AG?
The resignation of Alberto Gonzales, effective September 17, 2007, caps a run of departures — the head of the Civil Division just announced his resignation (here) — from the upper reaches of the Department of Justice that leaves few leaders who hold Senate-approved positions. According to Roll Call (here), the White House has floated some…
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