World Outlook Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : World Outlook

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Saulamanca who wrote (22184)	1/10/2020 12:32:17 PM
From: Saulamanca	Read Replies (1) of 48927

Foxx calls in big legal heat to help with Smollett probe January 07, 2020 04:26 PM The embattled state's attorney retains ex-top judge Ruben Castillo and noted D.C. attorney Michael Bromwich to help her through Dan Webb's probe of how the Jussie Smollett case went down. Greg Hinz On Politics Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has called in some heavy legal reinforcements to help her deal with the continuing probe of how she and her office charged and then dropped charges against TV star Jussie Smollett over an allegedly faked downtown attack. Retained to represent Foxx’s office is the Chicago office of Akerman and specifically litigation partner Ruben Castillo, who joined the law firm this fall after stepping down as chief judge of the federal court for the Northern District of Illinois. Hired by Foxx personally is prominent Washington, D.C., attorney Michael Bromwich, a spokesman for Foxx’s campaign confirmed. Bromwich is a former inspector general for the U.S. Department of Justice but probably is best known for representing witness Christine Blasey Ford in U.S. Senate hearings on the confirmation of then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The high-level hirings are an indication of just how much is at stake in the probe of the Smollett matter by Dan Webb, who was appointed a special prosecutor last year. It joins in the same case Castillo, whose biography on the Akerman website says his practice will focus on “corporate investigations (and) white-collar criminal defense,” and Webb, for whom Castillo once worked when Webb was U.S. attorney here. Continued

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next