This week on q a, a professor and former federal prosecutor randall allies and who writes a blog called sidebars talks about the federal Corruption Case against u. S. Senator bob menendez new jersey. Eliasson, before i ask us about this case, give some background about how you got into the business of the law and the relationship between the federal prosecutor and somebody in politics . i came to washington for my first job at a private law firm. I worked there as a federal prosecutor for 12 years. Both of the time in that office i was in what they call the public corruption and government fraud section. I was focusing on cases involving public corruption and fraud against the government, both medical both federal and local officials. By the time i left, i was serving as the chief of that section. I was supervising the attorneys focusing on those cases. I left the office in 2000 want to help test so i could start teaching and writing on a parttime basis. Teaching whitecollar criminal l
Booktv continues down the former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell. He talks about prosecutorial misconduct and what can be done about it. This is about 90 minutes. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Cato Institute. My name is tim weich. Today we want to examine some distressing legal trends that are at work in the criminal law area. Our guest speaker today Sidney Powell is just written a new book entitled licensed to lie exposing corruption in the department of justice. And the book recounts several cases in which ambitious prosecutors used illegal and unethical tactics to win their cases. Before we get to our panel of experts i want to take a minute or two to lay something of a foundation for the discussion thats going to follow but before he do that let me ask those of you who came with cell phones if you would just take a moment now to quickly doublecheck and make sure that they are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. It includes our panelists. [laughter] okay, thank you. The firs
Former federal prosecutor sidney howell. She talks about misconduct and what can be done about it. This is about 90 minutes. Good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. Find the director of the project on criminal justice. Today we want to examine some distressing legal trends that are at work in the criminal law area. Our guest speaker today Sidney Powell has written a new book entitled license to lie exposing corruption in the department of justice. The book recounts several cases in which ambitious prosecutors used a legal and unethical tactics to win their cases. Before we get to the panel of experts, i want to take a minute or two to a something of a foundation for the discussion thats going to follow but before i do that, let me ask those of you that came with cell phones if you would take a moment to quickly doublecheck and make sure that they are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. That includes our panelists. [laughter] the first point i think that needs to be unde
One person is dead as a result of those shots. Another person is in Critical Condition although we are not sure how or why. All of these people are family members. Montgomery county Police Arrived at the home around 8 00 p. M. They found one person shot. The off duty cop did fire the shot. Not saying exactly why or the circumstances around the incident but did say that. The second person they found was critically injured but police are not releasing information still including how that second person was injured, critically we should say. They are not saying how as they continue to investigate. The officer fired a weapon yes. Reporter Service Revolver . We dont know that is something we are looking into. Reporter was anyone shot . Yes. Deceased . Um, yes, i can say the deceased was shot. Yes. Reporter you can see officers wrestling with what information they want to give or can give Still Holding a lot of stuff to their breast. Appears sensitive information. They are out here around the
Campaign. When i nationally asked him because hes known to be a prolific fundraiser and initially asked him because hes known to be a prolific fundraiser and supporter, he said he couldnt support my campaign was the initial response. At a later stage he said he would and let me just say Jeff Thompson has never asked me for one thing. Reporter the u. S. Attorney has never accused the mayor of wrongdoing. Hes never named Jeffrey Thompson as a major target of the 2010 probe. Our sources say in several meetings with thompsons defense Team Prosecutors made clear their intent to file felony charges against the multiany millionaire and political fundraiser. Multimillionaire and political fundraiser including conspiracy and fraud. Brendan sullivan had been arguing for misdemeanor pleas for his client that. Move could keep thompson from a prison sentence. A spokesman from the u. S. Attorneys office would only say the probe into the 2010 campaign continues. What is not clear is whether u. S. Att