Topic: Patrick Fitzgerald
The election of Barack Obama as president in November 2008 left open one of Illinois's seats in the U.S. Senate, and the power to appoint Obama's successor fell to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Before the appointment could be made, U.S. Attorney Patrick ...
Ill. gov's lawyers ask court to take US attorney off case, say news conference was prejudicialGov. Rod Blagojevich's defense attorneys urged a federal judge Thursday to remove Chicago's top federal prosecutor and all of his assistants from the fraud and bribery case ...
* SPECIAL ELECTION IN ILLINOIS? No sooner had the sensational arrest of Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich hit the airwaves last week than Democratic leaders in the Illinois legislature moved rapidly to pass a law provid- . That could well be one of ...
After rocking Washington with the Valerie Plame case, prosecutor takes down Illinois governorFor Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, it's too bad prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald ever came home.While holding down the job of U.S. attorney in Chicago, Fitzgerald commuted to the nation's capital, investigating ...
Two weeks ago, Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued subpoenas for FBI paperwork regarding interviews with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney on the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame. And now the Justice ...
Another test for Attorney General Michael Mukasey.In a letter to Mukasey today, House sleuth Henry Waxman (D-CA) said that the White House has prevented former Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald from turning over records of his interviews during the Valeria Plame leak investigation ...
House Vote on Federal Shield Law for Reporters Could Come Up Next WeekThe House could vote as soon as next week on a bill to shield reporters from having to reveal their sources in some federal court cases, a senior Democratic official ...
Senate Committee Approves Bill to Shield Reporters From Identifying Sources in Federal CourtThe House will vote by year's end on legislation that would shield reporters from being forced to reveal their sources in some cases in federal court, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said ...
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Blagojevich The Prosecutor
FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, U.S. Attorney Patrick ...AP News - -
Blagojevich Trial
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald talks to reporters after a jury found ...AP News - -
Blagojevich Corruption Case
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, right, calls out U.S. Attorney Patrick ...AP News -
