Rep. Andy Biggs sent a letter to the DOJ calling on them to explain their decision to re-prosecute a case in which former President Trump granted clemency.
In the two years since Biden entered the Oval Office his administration has bent over backward to undo almost everything that Trump did while in office including presidential pardons.
Paul Murphy, Former Chief of Staff to FBI Director, Returns to King & Spalding
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ATLANTA, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ King & Spalding today announced that Paul Murphy, who most recently served as Chief of Staff to FBI Director Chris Wray, has rejoined the firm as a partner on the Special Matters and Government Investigations team.
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Murphy, who is based in the Atlanta and the Washington, D.C. offices, was a King & Spalding partner from 2004 to 2019, when he took his position with the FBI. At the firm, he counseled clients in a wide array of industries and helped them navigate their most sensitive legal challenges, including white-collar criminal defense matters, civil investigations, internal corporate investigations and corporate compliance reviews. He also represented clients in litigation under federal and state False Claims Acts, as well as in other civil fraud matters.
President commutes sentence of Miami Beach’s ‘King of Medicare fraud’
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NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – Philip Esformes was known as the King of Medicare fraud with the epicenter of his swindling happening here in South Florida.
On Tuesday night, Esformes didn’t exactly become a free man, but he did get out of jail.
He was one of 20 people granted clemency by President Donald J. Trump, who gave the 52-year-old a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Well, the clemency does not mean is is completely free .
Caroline Mala Corbin, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Miami, explains:
“A pardon completely eliminate the punishment, a commutation only reduces it.”