The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that since he did not raise the ineffective assistance of counsel issue in his state appeal, he could not raise it in a federal habeas petition.
As reports emerged about investigators' focus on Mr. Kushner, he and Ms. Trump discussed the possibility of having Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, issue a statement denying that Mr. McGahn had been contacted by federal officials about Mr. Kushner.
The military judge, acknowledging that the proceedings could not continue until the counsel issue was resolved, ruled on the issue that day.
Secondly, then you have Rahm Emanuel basically have his own lawyer, the White House counsel issue a statement saying 'Hey, this is all fine, we're good to go,' with no analysis whatsoever.
In April, the acting general counsel issued a complaint over Boeing's decision to build airplanes at a nonunion plant in South Carolina, following a dispute with Boeing machinists in Washington State.
The surveillance, conducted by a C.I.A. unit called Division D, was ended after the agency's general counsel issued an opinion that it violated the agency's charter and "should be carried on by appropriate law-enforcement agencies".
Responding to questions on whether the indictment said Mr. DePino had done anything illegal, John H. Durham, the United States attorney's chief counsel, issued a statement on Wednesday: "Mr. DePino is not charged in the indictment.
Merita Hopkins, Boston's corporation counsel, issued a statement Wednesday saying, "We intend to accept applications for certificates of marriage from everyone except partners who do not reside in Massachusetts, and neither one of which intends to reside in Massachusetts".
You report (news article, July 10) that Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel, issued Linda R. Tripp an immunity letter that will make it difficult for the state of Maryland to investigate possible wrongdoing by her.
In the meantime, two unions had lodged complaints against petitioner with the National Labor Relations Board (Board), 246 F.3d, at 624, and after the federal proceedings ended, the Boards general counsel issued an administrative complaint against petitioner, alleging that it had violated §8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 49 Stat.
Some years ago, a State Department counsel issued an opinion that stated that the president, as commander in chief, had the power to order Delta Force to capture terrorists overseas and then bring them back to the United States, the former C.I.A. lawyer recalled.
