Associate Attorney General, the Justice Department's No. 3 official
3 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Nov 10.
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“To Judge Tunheim, the 'rule of law' apparently means ignoring the law when it comes to illegal aliens who have broken the law”
CBS News reports that Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward has stepped into pending criminal cases against companies, sometimes against career prosecutors' advice. The Justice Department says he wants individuals prosecuted first.
The Justice Department told a federal court the park south of Buckeye Drive will shut down Nov. 15 for a Tom Fazio redesign, and Judge Ana Reyes wants senior officials in court Friday to explain it. The case tests whether the president's public promises can be squared with what his lawyers told a judge.
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward wants Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim off two cases because of comments they made to a newspaper. Ethics experts and a Democratic attorney general say the real goal is to intimidate judges who have ruled against the administration.
