Remember Noel Hillman? Hillman was the Chief Prosecutor in the Abramoff investigation and former US Attorney and former Chief of the Office of Public Integrity (PIN) within the Department of Justice Criminal Division. At PIN, Hillman's unit had responsibility for the prosecution of elected and appointed public officials at all levels of government—state, federal and local. It also had responsibility for criminal action involving elections officials. Hillman is also one of four sitting federal judges who have played roles in connection with the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.
Hillman, a former assistant U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, was the
lead Justice Department prosecutor in the Jack Abramoff Capitol
Hill lobbying scandal. His political ambitions had been recently
thwarted when he had approached Bush about a federal
judgeship and been turned down.
However, the investigation into Jack Abramoff took a surprising turn when Hillman stepped down as lead prosecutor in the Abramoff case and had suddenly been nominated to a federal judgeship by Bush. Some claimed that Bush essentially "bribed" Hillman to look the other way concerning the Abramoff investigation and the White House.
Bush dismissed the Democrat originated calls for a special prosecutor to replace Hillman.
From Harpers Magazine:
When charges were announced in Oct. 2005 against Siegelman
at a press conference convened in Montgomery, Noel Hillman,
as head of PIN, traveled down to Montgomery to deliver the
message stating, ironically as it turns out, “Public Integrity does
not do politics”. There with him stood Leura Canary despite her
claims that she had recused herself from the case. (Similarly, as
the case proceeded, Leura Canary did not keep any distance
from it. She gave interviews to the Los Angeles Times and to the
Montgomery Advertiser about the case. Not the conduct of a
‘recused’ U.S. Attorney.)
Hillman, a former assistant U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, was the
lead Justice Department prosecutor in the Jack Abramoff Capitol
Hill lobbying scandal. His political ambitions had been recently
thwarted when he had approached Bush about a federal
judgeship and been turned down.
However, the investigation into Jack Abramoff took a surprising turn when Hillman stepped down as lead prosecutor in the Abramoff case and had suddenly been nominated to a federal judgeship by Bush. Some claimed that Bush essentially "bribed" Hillman to look the other way concerning the Abramoff investigation and the White House.
Bush dismissed the Democrat originated calls for a special prosecutor to replace Hillman.
From Harpers Magazine:
When charges were announced in Oct. 2005 against Siegelman
at a press conference convened in Montgomery, Noel Hillman,
as head of PIN, traveled down to Montgomery to deliver the
message stating, ironically as it turns out, “Public Integrity does
not do politics”. There with him stood Leura Canary despite her
claims that she had recused herself from the case. (Similarly, as
the case proceeded, Leura Canary did not keep any distance
from it. She gave interviews to the Los Angeles Times and to the
Montgomery Advertiser about the case. Not the conduct of a
‘recused’ U.S. Attorney.)
Scott Horton said this about Hillman:
Hillman is a “loyal Bushie,” and a long-time protégé of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, with whom he served in the New Jersey United States Attorney’s office. Hillman followed Chertoff to the DOJ’s Criminal Division in 2001, and was later selected by Chertoff to head the Public Integrity Section (PIN), one of the most sensitive, and also one of the most intrinsically political positions in the Department of Justice.
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No surprise there even the Judges are corrupt in the new Bush Justice System. The new Attorney General will have to go back to 2000 and check not only the DOJ but the corrupt Judges that Bush appointed. Now it was be easy with Gonzo and Musk Rat as both should lose their license to practice law. The Bar Association will be working over time to disbar these legal criminals.
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