Topic: U.S. Department of Justice
In Technip probe, Justice Department announces settlement of $338 million in Nigeria caseThe Justice Department says global engineering firm Technip S.A. has agreed to pay $338 million to settle accusations that it engaged in a decade-long scheme to bribe government officials in ...
Feeney says Justice has told him he won't be charged for Abramoff golf tripFormer Rep. Tom Feeney says the Justice Department has told him it has dropped a criminal investigation relating to a golf trip he took to Scotland with convicted lobbyist ...
US Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday named a new Justice Department ethics chief, days after federal attorney misconduct was cited in the prosecution of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens.Mary Patrice Brown was appointed to serve as acting head of the Office of ...
Daniel Bogden and eight other former U.S. attorneys were vindicated recently when the Justice Departments inspector general concluded that their 2006 firings were arbitrary and recommended appointment of a special prosecutor. Bogden, who is now practicing law in Reno, shared his thoughts ...
Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Monday he will appoint a prosecutor to investigate whether his predecessor Alberto Gonzales and others involved in the firings of nine US attorneys broke the law.Democrats had accused Gonzales, who resigned last year after a bitter and ...
The Department of Justice's inspector general continues to conduct its wide-ranging investigation of the U.S. attorney firings and the general politicization of the Department under Alberto Gonzales. Leslie Hagen was the liaison between the Justice Department and the U.S. attorneys' committee on ...
Justice Official Defends Filing of Voter Fraud Case Before ElectionA senior Justice Department official on Tuesday defended his decision to bring a Missouri voter fraud case just days before the 2006 election, despite guidelines discouraging such cases because of the potential to ...