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20080110
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Ashcroft -  Michael
B Mukasey
-  Alberto
R Gonzales - Debra
Wong Yang -  Criminal
-  Corporate
-  Government
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-  US
Attorneys -  Politics
-  Medical
-  New
Jersey -  Indiana
-  New
York
- Los
Angeles -  California
- "Ashcroft
Deal Brings Scrutiny in Justice Dept.." ... "When
the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey [Christopher J. Christie] needed
to find an outside lawyer to monitor a large corporation willing to settle
criminal charges out of court last fall, he turned to [Republican] former
Attorney General John Ashcroft, his onetime boss. With no public notice
and no bidding, the company awarded Mr. Ashcroft an 18-month contract worth
$28 million to $52 million." ... "That contract, which Justice Department
officials in Washington learned about only several weeks ago, has prompted
an internal inquiry into the department’s procedures for selecting outside
monitors to police settlements with large companies." ... "The contract
between Mr. Ashcroft’s consulting firm, the Ashcroft Group, and Zimmer
Holdings, a medical supply company in Indiana, has also drawn the attention
of Congressional investigators." ... "The New Jersey prosecutor, United
States Attorney Christopher J. Christie, directed similar monitoring contracts
last year to two other former Justice Department colleagues from the [Republican
President] Bush administration, as well as to a former Republican state
attorney general in New Jersey." ... "Officials said that while there had
been no accusations of wrongdoing on the part of Mr. Christie or Mr. Ashcroft,
aides to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey were concerned about the appearance
of favoritism." ... "Mr. Mukasey, a former federal judge who was sworn
in as attorney general in November, has vowed to remove political considerations
from decision-making at the department in the wake of a series of scandals
under his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzales." ... "In the Bush administration,
federal prosecutors have increasingly relied on out-of-court settlements
with large corporations in criminal investigations that in the past might
have resulted in indictments and trials." ... "Mr. Christie directed similar
contracts in settlements with other medical-supply companies to two other
former Justice Department colleagues — David N. Kelley, the former United
States attorney in Manhattan [New York], and Debra Wong Yang, his counterpart
in Los Angeles [California] — and to David Samson, the former Republican
attorney general in New Jersey." (1, 2)
-By Philip Shenon -NYTimes
20070504
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 Duke
Cunningham
-  Rick
Renzi
-  Jim
Gibbons - Jerry
Lewis -  Harriet
Miers
- Kyle
Sampson
-  Tim
Griffin -  Karl
Rove
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Angeles - California
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-  Arkansas
- "The
U.S. Attorney, the G.O.P. Congressman and the Timely Job Offer."
... "There is yet another United States attorney whose abrupt departure
from office is raising questions: Debra Wong Yang of Los Angeles [California]."
... "Carol Lam, the United States attorney in San Diego [California], was
fired after she put [California Republican Representative] Randy Cunningham,
known as Duke, in prison. Paul Charlton, in Arizona, was dismissed while
he was investigating [Arizona Republican Representative] Rick Renzi. Dan
Bogden, in Nevada, was fired while he was reportedly investigating [Republican]
Jim Gibbons, a congressman who was elected [Nevada] governor last year."
... "Ms. Yang was investigating [California Republican Representative]
Jerry Lewis, who was chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee."
... "Ms. Yang says she left for personal reasons, but there is growing
evidence that the White House was intent on removing her. Kyle Sampson,
the Justice Department staff member in charge of the firings, told investigators
last month in still-secret testimony that Harriet Miers, the White House
counsel at the time, had asked him more than once about Ms. Yang. He testified,
according to Congressional sources, that as late as mid-September, Ms.
Miers wanted to know whether Ms. Yang could be made to resign. Mr. Sampson
reportedly recalled that Ms. Miers was focused on just two United States
attorneys: Ms. Yang and Bud Cummins, the Arkansas prosecutor who was later
fired to make room for Tim Griffin, a Republican political operative and
Karl Rove protégé." ... "Press reports say she [Ms. Yang]
got a $1.5 million signing bonus to become a partner in Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher, a firm with strong Republican ties." ... "Gibson, Dunn was defending
Mr. Lewis in Ms. Yang’s investigation." -By Adam Cohen
-NYTimes
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