Obama taps new counsel
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 14th, 2009 5:34 am by HL
Obama taps new counsel
By selecting Bob Bauer to be his new White House counsel, President Obama on Friday tapped a tough political warrior with deep partisan ties to serve as his official legal adviser on some of the country’s most highly charged and difficult issues.
Alleged Sept. 11 planner will be tried in New York
Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in Manhattan federal courthouse less than a mile from Ground Zero, the Justice Department announced Friday, the most concrete demonstration yet of the Obama administration’…
White House counsel steps down, will be replaced by Bob Bauer
TOKYO — White House Counsel Gregory B. Craig will step down from his post and be replaced by Bob Bauer, a prominent Democratic lawyer who is President Obama’s personal attorney, the White House said Friday.
Ex-Rep. Jefferson (D-La.) gets 13 years in freezer cash case
Former congressman William J. Jefferson was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, the longest prison term ever handed down to a member of Congress convicted of corruption charges.