Sentences with phrase «at the justice department»

After his stint at Verizon, Pai had gone to work in various roles at the Senate judiciary committee (advising Jeff Sessions and Sam Brownback) and at the justice department, before becoming FCC deputy general counsel in 2007.

During a conversation with reporters at the Justice Department, according to Politico, Sessions reiterated his longtime views: «Most of you probably know I don't think America is going to be a better place when more people of all ages and particularly young people start smoking pot,» Sessions said.

So, while he was vice president - elect, Pence insisted in an interview with CBS that Flynn and Kislyak «did not discuss anything having to do with the United States» decision to expel diplomats or impose censure against Russia» — a statement that turned out to be untrue and that set off alarm bells at the Justice Department.

William Yeomans, a former deputy assistant attorney general who spent 26 years at the Justice Department, said Flynn's guilty plea «is likely big trouble for several members of the Trump administration.»

Trump's criticism was seen by some as a move to eventually put someone in charge at the Justice Department who would fire Robert Mueller from his post as special counsel leading the Russia investigation.

But she said she expected some of the priorities she established to remain intact through career lawyers at the Justice Department.

The fate of major proposed mergers, not just Bayer - Monsanto but also Dow Chemical and DuPont, which plan to spin off their combined agriculture businesses, will be decided by Trump's nominees to lead antitrust enforcement at the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.

He expressed concern last year about legislation he feared could lead to the early release of felons, and moved quickly at the Justice Department to ensure privately operated prisons would be available for continued use.

While he was the vice president - elect, Pence insisted in an interview with CBS that Flynn and Kislyak «did not discuss anything having to do with the United States» decision to expel diplomats or impose censure against Russia» — a statement that turned out to be untrue and set off alarm bells at the Justice Department.

The pact could resolve investigations led by a specialized group at the Justice Department focused on mortgage securities cases.

On Monday, at the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, Mr. Stephenson and AT&T's general counsel, David McAtee, met with Makan Delrahim, the new assistant attorney general for the department's antitrust division, and other Justice Department officials.

Makan Delrahim, the head of antitrust at the Justice Department, has said under oath in Congress that he would not allow the White House to impact his decisions over that merger or any other cases.

One such meeting took place recently at the Justice Department in Washington.

Delrahim, who must be confirmed by the Senate, is a longtime antitrust expert who previously served in a similar capacity at the Justice Department under former President George W. Bush.

WASHINGTON — Makan Delrahim, the nominee for chief antitrust cop at the Justice Department, was 10 when his family immigrated to the United States from Iran as Jewish political refugees.

After arriving at the Justice Department, however, Delrahim began to scrutinize the $ 85 billion deal more aggressively.

In essence, Holder and others at the Justice Department said they would not enforce federal drug regulation laws when it comes to marijuana - related transactions in states that authorize and closely regulate cannabis sales.

After winning the White House, however, Trump opted to nominate Makan Delrahim, a well - known corporate competition lawyer, to the leading antitrust post at the Justice Department.

The Attorney General has nothing to do with what happens at the Justice Department, so can not be blamed and has put forward a «credible justification» in the AP case, according the New York Times.

The interview process had been unusual, with eight candidates braving a media gauntlet at the Justice Department on a Saturday for interviews with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein.

In announcing the decision to repeal the Obama - era DACA program, Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who announced the change at the Justice Department, both used the aggrieved language of anti-immigrant activists, arguing that those in the country illegally are lawbreakers who hurt native - born Americans by usurping their jobs and pushing down wages.

When asked if he would step down from his post at the Justice Department, Sessions said he serves «at the pleasure of the president.»

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was reportedly assured by the White House, receiving a personal call from new chief of staff John Kelly — that his gig at the Justice Department is safe — despite the barrage of attacks coming from the president.

Washington (CNN)- The chief spokesman for the National Rifle Association is expected to get an invitation any day now to sit down at the Justice Department for talks aimed at reaching a consensus on new gun control legislation.

The Trump administration today moved to sweep away the remaining vestiges of Obama administration prosecutors at the Justice Department, ordering 46 holdover United States attorneys to tender their resignations immediately — apparently including Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan.

It instead asked officials at the Justice Department, of which it is a part, to explain that no such wiretaps existed.

Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, second from right, gestures during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.

At the Justice Department, he served as the assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust enforcement, leading the prosecution of Microsoft.

The Indian - born prosecutor who is a naturalized U.S. citizen was reportedly considered to replace Eric Holder at the Justice Department when he stepped down.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch, accompanied U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York, right, and FBI Director James Comey, arrives to a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, March 24, 2016.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch, accompanied U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York, right, and FBI Director James Comey, arrives to a news conference at the Justice Department in

The shift in tone and tactics at the Justice Department in the real world is reflected in the new season even if the name «Trump» itself is not uttered once during the season.

He was also a senior trial attorney at the Justice Department from 1984 through 1988.

Washington — William Bradford Reynolds, chief architect of the Reagan Administration's civil - rights policies, defended himself last week against attacks by Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who hope to block his promotion at the Justice Department.

«I can't think of any administration that was in love with school desegregation efforts,» said Columbia Law School Professor Ted Shaw, who worked as a trial attorney at the Justice Department during the Carter and Reagan administrations.

The whole situation with Apple raking in the Sylvia Day money and the E.L. James money and rejecting my Olivia Outlaw work tells me that the folks at the Justice Department have been wise to push the e-book anti-trust action against Apple.

At my congregation, I have a friend who is a lawyer at the Justice Department.

After graduating,... she worked on the Clinton Crime Bill, then parlayed that experience into a post at the Justice Department.

While working at the Justice Department from May 2009 to February 2011, Boast led 150 lawyers in the antitrust division and oversaw the investigations that preceded the mergers of NBC with Comcast and Oracle with Sun Microsystems.

Before that, she was at the Justice Department, where she was deputy director of the Office of Information and Privacy and had final say over whether Justice Department records could be made public.

The future Supreme Court justice once house - sat for Levy when they worked together at the Justice Department — watching after the Levy family's golden retriever.

While the cost - cutting exercise at the Justice Department has been successful, it hasn't been without controversy.

Kerr hints at some of his thinking in this post, where he draws on his stint at the Justice Department to respond to CrimProf blogger Jack Chin.

Bloomberg Newsweek: The president intends to nominate Bryan Cave partner James Cole for the second spot at the Justice Department.

While never shrinking from the duty of candor, he maintained that reputation throughout the legal battles of the Civil Rights Movement, his service at the Justice Department and his tenure on the Supreme Court.

The demise of ex-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the debacle at the Justice Department, Scooter Libby, the legal woes of trial lawyers, the Supreme Court's Justice Clarence Thomas, the Year of the Donkey, age - discrimination suits and law firms adjusting to the tribulations of the wobbly economy.

The immunity deals were an unwelcome surprise at the Justice Department, which was already grappling with the fundamental legal question of whether any prosecutions could take place involving American civilians in Iraq.

KS: My next - door neighbor at work at the Justice Department was Lisa Blatt [then an assistant to the Solicitor General, now of Arnold & Porter].

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's application for his first job at the Justice Department is a great example of a passionate expression of interest in a federal job.

Let's say that a broker charges 6 % (just an example, for all your fine people at the Justice Department!)