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• in Politics
  Blago Brother Off Hook, Blago Retrial in 2011
  Federal prosecutors drop charges against Illinois ex-governor's brother; move re-trial to next year, missing election
  by bastetmax / on Aug 27, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “federal prosecutors”

 

• Muslim soldier convicted in failed plot to bomb Fort Hood troops in Texas restaurant

  
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  Walking around a gun store one day last summer, the young man never took off his sunglasses as he asked questions about items he piled on the counter — behavior that struck the manager as odd. Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo had already traveled hundreds of miles since going AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., three ...
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• Rajat Gupta’s trial: Prosecutors play FBI wiretaps

  
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  New York, May 25 (IANS) Prosecutors played a series of FBI wiretapped phone conversations in a bid to show that Goldman Sachs’ former Indian-American director Rajat Gupta shared confidential information with convicted hedge-fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam.Gupta wasn’t a participant on any of the calls played for ...
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• Fitzgerald Regrets Lincoln Quip

  
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  In his career, Patrick Fitzgerald, the much-feared U.S. attorney in Chicago, has rarely seen his rectitude questioned. But there was that one time, at a news conference in 2008.
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• Musical Chairs: Patrick Fitzgerald Steps Down As U.S. Attorney

  
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  Patrick Fitzgerald is stepping down as U.S. Attorney in Chicago. What’s he up to next? Continue reading » Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook . Tags: Anton R. Valukas , Anton Valukas , Blago , Chicago , Conrad Black , Department of Justice , DOJ , Federal Government ...
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• Musical Chairs: Patrick Fitzgerald Steps Down As U.S. Attorney

  
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  Patrick Fitzgerald is stepping down as U.S. Attorney in Chicago. What’s he up to next? Continue reading » Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook . Tags: Anton R. Valukas , Anton Valukas , Blago , Chicago , Conrad Black , Department of Justice , DOJ , Federal Government ...
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• Florida student to plead guilty to threatening President Barack Obama on Facebook

  
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  A Miami college student plans to plead guilty in federal court to threatening President Barack Obama on Facebook. A plea hearing is set for Wednesday afternoon for 20-year-old Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr. His attorney says he intends to plead guilty to one count of threatening to kill or harm the ...
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• Infamous mountain man arrested on drug charges after months-long search

  
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  Police arrested notorious "mountain man" Don Nichols Tuesday on drug charges following a months-long search that came nearly three decades after he and his father kidnapped a world-class athlete. Nichols was taken into custody after phoning the U.S. Marshals Service and saying he would be in the Walmart parking lot ...
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• US prosecutors: Ex-Mexican governors Texas properties bought with bribes from drug cartels

  
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  Federal prosecutors allege the former governor of a Mexican state bordering Texas accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels and invested the money in Texas real estate. The allegations were levied in two property forfeiture cases filed Tuesday against Tomas Yarrington, who served as ...
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• Marijuana groups hope Ore. race will have chilling effect on federal medical pot crackdown

  
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  Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Dont mess with pot. Pushing back against a federal effort to stem the proliferation of medical marijuana operations, one of the nations largest drug policy groups claimed credit ...
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• Utah environmental activist who thwarted oil auction asks appeals court to overturn conviction

  
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  Tim DeChristopher just wanted to make a statement, an act of civil disobedience aimed at disrupting the sale of oil and gas leases on public lands near Utahs national parks. Hes now serving two years in a federal prison in California after a conviction last summer in Salt Lake City. ...
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• Germany: 4 men charged over Al Qaeda terror plot

  
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  Prosecutors have formally charged four men with membership in a terrorist organization after allegations they planned to carry out an Al Qaeda attack in Germany. Federal prosecutors said Thursday the groups leader -- 30-year-old Moroccan national Abdeladim El-Kebir -- is also accused of undergoing training at a ...
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• German prosecutors charge 4 men in connection with al-Qaida terror plot

  
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  Prosecutors have formally charged four men with membership in a terrorist organization after allegations they planned to carry out an al-Qaida attack in Germany. Federal prosecutors said Thursday the groups leader — 30-year-old Moroccan national Abdeladim El-Kebir — is also accused of undergoing ...
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• Sudden death in NYC leads to bags of cash, inquiry of Boston men with colorful criminal past

  
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  Federal prosecutors want to hold on to $180,000 in cash that was discovered in the luggage of a Boston man who died of a heart attack after getting off an Amtrak train in New York. William Coyman died in August after collapsing at New Yorks Pennsylvania Station. He was 75. In court ...
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• Lawyers accuse federal prosecutors of demeaning ex-D.C. councilman

  
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  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for an ex-D.C. councilman awaiting sentencing for corruption are accusing federal prosecutors of “stretching the facts” and making light of his positive contributions. Harry Thomas Jr. is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in Washington after admitting to embezzling more ...
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• Feds say Illinois citys ex-financial officer stole millions more than thought, more than $53M

  
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  The former financial officer for the small northern Illinois city of Dixon stole millions of dollars more than originally thought, federal prosecutors said Tuesday as they announced plans to try to seize her trucks, boats, horses and even unborn foals she owns. A federal grand jury on Thursday returned ...
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• A Washington Farm Has Been Fined $1 Million For Rehiring Illegal Immigrants It Had Fired, And Asking Them To Work Nights

  
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  SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state organic farm has been fined $1 million for firing, then rehiring illegal immigrants following a federal audit.   U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez leveled the fine recommended by federal prosecutors against Duvall-based HerbCo International Inc. on Tuesday in a Seattle federal ...
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• US to seek death penalty against alleged Somali pirates in yacht hijacking

  
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  Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against three Somalis if they are convicted of murder in the deaths of four Americans who were shot aboard a hijacked yacht last year. Ahmed Muse Salad, Abukar Osman Beyle and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar could also face the death penalty on numerous other charges ...
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• Man sentenced to 21 months in prison for smuggling turtles from Japan to US in snack boxes

  
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  A man accused of smuggling dozens of live turtles and tortoises from Japan into the U.S. by hiding them in snack food boxes was sentenced Monday to nearly two years in prison. Atsushi Yamagami was given 21 months and ordered to pay more than $18,000 in fines after pleading guilty in August to one felony ...
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• 2 Iowa pilots charged with harassing migrating birds by flying small planes low over lake

  
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  Federal prosecutors hope to use an obscure law to punish two recreational pilots whose low flying may have disturbed thousands of resting migratory birds in Iowa. Paul Austin and Craig Martin are charged with violating the Airborne Hunting Act. Prosecutors say they flew separate small ...
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• Wife gave pillow to hit men to smother her rich husband before they beat him with dumbbells

  
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  From HUFFPOST: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The wife of a Florida millionaire let two attackers into her hotel room, pointed them to her sleeping husband and gave them a pillow to muffle his screams as they attacked him with dumbbells, one of the attackers testified Friday. And when the beating was over, she wanted to ...
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