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The Public Integrity Section was created in March 1976 in the wake of the Watergate scandal.Since 1978, it has supervised administration of the Independent Counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, which requires the Attorney General to report to the United States Congress annually on the operations and activities of the Public Integrity Section. [1]
1 Source: Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices. 2 Informed of dismissal January 2006. 3 Informed of dismissal June 2006. 4 Date resignation requested by the Department of Justice is unknown. 5 Subsequently submitted resignation on May 30, 2007, effective June 1, 2007. 6 Subsequently returned to positions at the Department of Justice in ...
The impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998 included allegations that Clinton obstructed justice by trying to influence the testimony of witnesses, including Monica Lewinsky, in the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by Paula Jones, and by encouraging Lewinsky to conceal evidence. [27] Clinton was acquitted of all charges by the Senate.
Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to denounce "dangerous" and "outrageous" attacks on Justice Department prosecutors and personnel Thursday and will seek to reassure them that he has their ...
In scathing remarks criticizing his own staff, Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday that the Justice Department has recently acted "more like a trade association for federal prosecutors ...
1 Source: Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices. 2 Informed of dismissal January 2006. 3 Informed of dismissal June 2006. 4 Date resignation requested by the Department of Justice is unknown. 5 Subsequently submitted resignation on May 30, 2007, effective June 1, 2007. 6 Subsequently returned to positions at the Department of Justice in ...
The United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is a permanent independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic legislative authority comes from four federal statutes: the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — Federal prosecutors will be monitoring Election Day complaints and will be in communication with the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. The program is an practice ...