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Public corruption
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Zalma on Insurance
Senator & Wife’s Guilty Verdict Sustained
By Barry Zalma
Selling Office of US Senator is an Unforgivable Crime Post 5161 See the full video at https://rumble.com/v6x4j7g-senator-and-wifes-guilty-verdict-sustained.html and at https://youtu.be/pw3o9JY-0bM Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go, Claim of…
Legal Profession Blog
Perjury Conviction Affirmed
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the perjury conviction of the former Baltimore City State's Attorney but vacated her conviction for mortgage fraudMarilyn Mosby (“Appellant”),…
Legal Profession Blog
Nothing Less Than Disbarment
A criminal conviction has led to disbarment of a former Department of Justice attorney by the New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial DepartmentThe facts of the respondent’s criminal…
The Right Coast
The Motion to Dismiss the Charges Against Mayor Adams Is Easily Supportable
I've been following the debate between my co-bloggers David Post and Josh Blackman (and other commentators elsewhere) on the Mayor Eric Adams criminal case. Dedicated VC readers will have seen…
PrawfsBlawg
Nonsense–Not Acidental, But Deliberate
Main Friday, February 14, 2025Nonsense--Not Acidental, But DeliberateI suggested the other day that a lodestone of this personalist presidential administration is its historically familiar requirement of self-abasement: what better way…
Simple Justice
Toobin’s Flaccid Excuse
The other day, I queried what newly appointed SDNY United States Attorney, Danielle Sassoon, would do when ordered to surrender her office’s independence to former Trump criminal defense lawyer, Emil…
The Right Coast
How the Justice Dept. Helped Sink Its Own Case Against Eric Adams – The New York Times
President Trump had just taken office when lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams of New York went to the White House with an extraordinary request: They formally asked in a letter…
Criminal
You be the judge: what federal sentence for prominent elderly state legislator convicted on 10 of 23 corruption counts?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this lengthy Chicago Tribune article reporting on the results of a lengthy trial and jury deliberation under the headline…
Criminal
Prez Trump pardons former Illinois Gov after prior commutation … are more clemencies in the works?
As reported in this AP piece, "President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term." …
Legal Profession Blog
From State’s Attorney To Felony Conviction
The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint based on a criminal conviction described in a press release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri Former Williamson…