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«Police are concerned that other packages could have been sent out to other legal counsel or justice officials who have dealt with Amsel,» the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release yesterday.

While the probe is sharply critical of the legal reasoning used to justify waterboarding and other «enhanced» interrogation techniques, NEWSWEEK has learned that a senior Justice official who did the final review of the report softened an earlier OPR finding.

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It's the second major hire by Uber's new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who in October appointed Tony West, PepsiCo Inc.'s general counsel and a former U.S. Justice Department official, as Uber's chief legal officer.

Citing anonymous government officials, the New York Times is reporting that federal prosecutors with the FBI and the Department of Justice have recommended that Petraeus be charged with a felony for providing classified information to his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell, who was also an Army Reserve officer.

So Trump's tax return could tell how much income they made, offering fresh information about the financial health of his organization, according to Robert Kovacev, a lawyer at Steptoe & Johnson and former Justice Department Tax Division official who represents taxpayers in high - profile tax disputes with the IRS.

A different account emerged later: It was Mr. Stephenson who had offered to sell off CNN as part of a strategy to win governmental approval, according to two Justice Department officials who declined to speak publicly about the meeting.

The president also complained about Session's decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, a longtime sticking point for Trump, who felt that his top Justice Department official should have done more to protect him.

According to prepared statements from the Justice Department, an official at the DOJ said it needs more help catching criminals who use the secretive currency.

On Saturday, Trump lashed out on Twitter over a New York Times report that reported speculations that Cohen, his longtime personal lawyer who is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice, could end up cooperating with government officials.

«We're grateful to officials at the Treasury and Justice Departments who have been working to resolve this banking crisis.

One official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said that Mr. Trump was sympathetic to the plight of the young immigrants, known as Dreamers — many have known life only in the United States and have few connections to the countries of their birth — but had been told by Justice Department lawyers that his predecessor's program would not survive a court challenge.

A standoff between Justice Department officials and GOP lawmakers escalated Wednesday as President Donald Trump waded into a controversy over demands to release a highly sensitive document outlining who and what is being investigated by special counsel...

The Nunes memo alleges that FBI and Justice Department officials relied on an unsubstantiated dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele to get a warrant to conduct surveillance of Page, who served on the Trump campaign's foreign policy advisory team.

The extraordinary criticism raised questions about whether Trump was seeking to drive his top Justice official from office as a way to wrest control of the investigation from Mueller, who was appointed after Sessions» recusal for failing to immediately disclose his meetings with Kislyak.

Dr Billings, who was deputy leader of Sheffield City Council in the 1980s, said: «My first priority will be to keep the police focussed on doing everything to ensure that all instances of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham are fully investigated with perpetrators brought to justice, officials held to account and victims fully supported.

You intend to destroy her from within using our own justice systems and elected paid off officials who also have never served.

The Justice Department officials say that they would not categorically rule out of consideration jurists who are personally opposed to abortion but acknowledge the legal right to abortion.

Editor's Note: CNN Justice Producer Terry Frieden passes along this note on the meeting faith leaders had with Attorney General Eric Holder: A senior Justice Department official who was present at the meeting later clarified Holder's comment as follows: «Yes, the Attorney General did refer to the plan [to burn the Qurans] as «idiotic.»

A top official at the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who was found to have threatened female employees with physical violence and engaged in years of sexual harassment, racism and ageism was not disciplined by the agency, which instead punished two women who provided testimony about the case to the state IG's office.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Marc Molinaro called on Cuomo to apply the «Vance Standard» to the employees of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who allegedly suffered abuse from a top official — including two women who claim they were victims of reprisal by the agency itself.

Trump has decided to hire the longtime Washington lawyer Joseph E. diGenova, who has pushed the theory on television that Trump was framed by F.B.I. and Justice Department officials, to bolster his legal team.

WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic leaders on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee agreed Tuesday to subpoena a Justice Department official who didn't show up for the panel's hearing on the 2020 Census.

The U.S. Senate voted 92 - 5 to confirm Christopher Wray, a former high - ranking official in President George W. Bush's Justice Department, to head up the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was canned by Trump over the investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election.

Kazeem, who addressed the media alongside senior officials of the Ministry, said Governor Ambode had been at the vanguard of the war against domestic, sexual and violent crimes, and that the centre was geared towards vigorous justice sector reforms.

Pigeon — who for decades has quietly assisted candidates, companies and sitting officials as they navigate the labyrinthine factions of Erie County politics — was arraigned the day after the judge, state Supreme Court Justice John Michalek, resigned from office and pleaded guilty to accepting bribes.

«We will continue relentlessly to bring to justice those public officials who violate their oaths by engaging in this especially offensive misconduct.»

I believe policy can be advanced most effectively when an elected official works with all groups that can be affected and who stand for justice — I would include people with disabilities at the table when crafting legislation that I sponsor or co-sponsor, as they would represent the largest minority group in the U.S.

Instead, officials said, the bills, known collectively as the Criminal Justice Reform Act, seek to balance the goal of fairer punishment, laid out by Melissa Mark - Viverito, a Democrat who is the Council speaker, with the Police Department's desire to maintain the discretion that officers use in making arrests, for even seemingly trivial offenses, when they deem it necessary.

Mr. Cuomo also has high regard for Janet DiFiore, the district attorney of Westchester County, and Denise E. O'Donnell, a former federal prosecutor from Buffalo who is the Paterson administration's top criminal justice official.

Lisa Page, who was implicated in the Department of Justice Inspector General's probe into official misconduct...

Chris Matheson, a former Unite official and on the left of the party who quit as a parliamentary aide to Labour's justice team today, said: «You can't reach out, it isn't working, we can't go on and make the same mistakes again.

(CNN)- The judicial nomination of a former Justice Department official, who has drawn the ire of senators on the right and left for legal memos he wrote justifying the killing of an American terrorism suspect overseas with drones, is expected to clear a major hurdle on Wednesday.

Abinanti, who at one point proposed a bill to abolish the Justice Center (it didn't gain traction in the Legislature) said he recently had an lengthy meeting between agency officials and parents of the disabled as well as operators of centers for the disabled and other providers overseen by the Justice Center.

In the past 53 years, the Conservative Party has played many pivotal rolls in electing officials from Supreme Court Justices to Town Justices, County Executives to Village Board Members, Mayors and City Council Members to Ward Leaders, and will continue to play a pivotal role in the process of electing those who are committed to conservative values.

At 9:15 a.m., NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and religious officials who are members of the Bronx Clergy Criminal Justice Roundtable and the New York City Clergy Roundtable are scheduled to meet; Bronx Christian Fellowship church, 1015 E. Gun Hill Rd., the Bronx.

She said in a statement, «We further demand the unconditional release of the Baale of Otodo Gbame; the provision of humanitarian assistance to the victims, especially the pregnant women and children, who have lost their homes and all their belongings; and a full investigation into the latest fire incident in order to identify the state agencies involved in the recent ruthless invasion of Otodo Gbame, and ensure the offending officials are brought to justice.

Gurmaj Dhillon is a former Treasury official who recently served as an adviser to the Conservatives on police reform and youth justice policy.

Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday rejected the offer of N500, 000 fine made by an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr. Christian Nwosu, who was convicted of taking N30m bribe to compromise the 2015 general elections.

The three - and - a-half-page memo, written by Republican congressional aides, criticized information used by law enforcement officials in their application for a warrant to wiretap the former campaign adviser, Carter Page, and named the senior F.B.I. and Justice Department officials who approved the highly classified application.

In addition, according to the Post, Justice Department lawyers «found that Republican lawmakers and state officials who helped craft the proposal were aware it posed a high risk of being ruled discriminatory compared with other options».

We will continue relentlessly to bring to justice those public officials who violate their oaths by engaging in this especially offensive.»

«Clearly the fact that he's talking about people needing equal access to justice and feeling that they're getting it is an important part of what we're saying as a conference,» said Democratic conference leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is the top black elected official in the Senate.

WASHINGTON (AP / WBEN)- President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his pick for FBI director - a former Justice Department official who served as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's personal lawyer during the George Washington Bridge lane - closing investigation.

HARLEM — An array of family members and elected officials gathered Saturday to demand justice for the National Guardsman who was shot to death by an NYPD detective Thursday in an unusual Queens traffic stop.

We look forward to working with our elected officials to ensure that all youth who enter the justice system receive the treatment they need to succeed,» said Naomi Post, Executive Director and Beth Powers, Director of Youth Justice, Children's Defense Fund — Nejustice system receive the treatment they need to succeed,» said Naomi Post, Executive Director and Beth Powers, Director of Youth Justice, Children's Defense Fund — NeJustice, Children's Defense Fund — New York.

«Unfortunately, we continue to see elected officials and police leadership twist this tragedy into an opportunity for them to silence the cries for justice from families who have lost their loved ones to police violence,» said the statement from Ferguson Action, which was signed by several other groups.

Bianey Garcia, a transgender activist with Make the Road, a social justice group out of neighboring Jackson Heights, said while this is the 13th known attack on trans women in Queens this year, «so many are not reported for fear of going to the police,» partly due to transphobia in official ranks and also to fear of exposure for those who are undocumented immigrants.

The New York Times identified the cases through interviews with two law enforcement officials and three people who have been questioned by the Justice Department or are aware of subpoenas.

Michael Arcuri, a Utica Democrat who has served in Congress and as Oneida County's D.A., said Fitzpatrick is «perfect» for the Moreland Commission, being an official who has steered clear of politics and focused on justice.

There was some karmic justice; an elected official who indulged in high - horse attacks brought down by his own tawdry conduct.