Who is Paul Clement? He is the Solicitor General at DOJ. But, Clement has been handling investigations into the Bush administration's controversial U.S. attorney firings at the U.S. Department of Justice since April 2007. Also, Clement was one of the attorneys on the Gore-Bush Florida count in 2000.
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Solicitor General Paul Clement announced today that he's resigning effective June 2.
“Paul Clement is one of the nation’s finest appellate lawyers,” said Attorney General Michael Mukasey in a statement. “I am deeply grateful to Paul for his service to the department and to the nation during his seven-year tenure. ...I will miss not only Paul’s superb advocacy on behalf of the United States, but also his wise counsel and keen legal analysis.”
The Justice Department did not say where Clement is headed. Recruiting experts last month speculated to Legal Times that Clement and other DOJ division chiefs could earn between $2 million and $3 million annually in the private sector.
Clement becomes the second high-ranking official to announce his departure from Main Justice in recent weeks. Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher of the Criminal Division is leaving on May 23 to spend more time with her family.
Formerly a principal deputy solicitor general and acting solicitor general, Clement was named and confirmed as solicitor general in March 2005.
During his time in office, Clement argued 49 cases before the Supreme Court, prevailing in most. Cases include Tennessee v. Lane, McConnell v. FEC, Rumsfeld v. Padilla, Gonzales v. Raich, and Gonzales v. Carhart.
"He also argued many other significant cases in both the Supreme Court and the lower courts involving novel and important legal issues concerning the conduct of the war on terror," the Justice Department said in a news release.
2 comments:
Paul will find a job but why can't Gonzales. Paul is leaving because it's getting hot in the DOJ and the information about his part in the Attorney Firing will come out. He will find a job before the news hits that he committed crimes along with Gonzales and the rest of the Criminal DOJ Team. I laughed when Clement was told he would be temp AG and the next morning told to go back to his old job. I guess he was loyal enough or they liked playing him for the fool he is. Have you noticed none of the Bush Staff is still in their jobs. Connie is working hard to be Black again in hopes of using her color with Obama to get a job, Powell's doing the same thing.
Clements, another untrustworthy Bushite who violates the spirit of the law.
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