Posted on 03/05/2012 7:52:22 PM PST by massmike
In a semi-stealth promotion, a major Barack Obama fundraiser who served as a defense lawyer for a convicted al-Qaeda terrorist is scheduled to become the third-highest ranking Department of Justice executive.
California-based attorney Tony West was named Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, making him the No. 3 man at the Justice Department.
Here you have a man linked to a terrorist group who is now a top Justice Department official. It smacks of corruption," said political strategist and attorney Michael Baker.
West assisted candidate Obama in raising tens of millions of dollars as a co-chairman for Senator Obama's presidential campaign.
In 2009 West was appointed to help run the DOJ’s civil division which represents the government, Congress and presidential cabinet officers and handles cases dealing with significant policy issues.
In a statement announcing the promotion this week, Attorney General Eric Holder says West has served the department with “professionalism, integrity and dedication.”
Conveniently omitted from the press release is that West represented convicted al Qaeda terrorist John Walker Lindh.
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You remember correctly. The WH Insider called this a few weeks ago, and it has come to pass.
Kamala Harris is rumored to be the next Obama pick for the Supreme Court. As a reward for allegedly laundering tons of campaign cash for Obama 2012, and past services rendered.
Brother-in-law, actually, married to Harris’ sister.
Yes—Harris is his sister-in-law. Thanks.
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I visualize a “community organizer” chart when reading this.
Thanks for the ping Piasa.
Kamala’s brother-in-law fleeced taxpayers for billions to give to left-wing groups and lawyers
nypost.com ^ | August 23, 2024 | Daniel Huff and Clark S. Judge
Posted on 8/23/2024, 8:56:27 PM by lowbridge
Then head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, he invented a new form of what 19th-early 20th centuries Tammany boss George Washington Plunkett famously called “Honest Graft.”
It was simple.
Until 1977, Congress had to approve any settlement of a civil suit against the Federal government over $100,000.
This preserved the Constitutional requirement that Congress control the government’s purse.
But in that year, seeking relief from the burgeoning volume of suits to review, Congress removed the cap, handing the Justice Department a permanent blank check to pay settlements unilaterally, in any amount, out of an account known as the Judgment Fund.
Run by the Treasury Department, the Judgment Fund’s secrecy is so complete that our often-penetrated CIA might study it for lessons.
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Then, in 2009, Tony West took over the department’s Civil Division, the division that litigates and settles lawsuits.
Once West arrived, his deputy emailed colleagues asking “can you explain to Tony the best way to allocate some money toward an organization of our choosing?”
Settlements became the vehicle for paying off political allies.
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