In the case before us production of documents belonging to the Department of Justice was declined by virtue of an order of the Attorney General instructing his subordinates not to produce certain documents.
The attorney general says a harsher approach is "moral and just". WASHINGTON ― Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed federal prosecutors this week to take the most aggressive approach possible against federal criminal defendants.
Attorney General William Barr instructed the department official not to testify before the House Oversight Committee, according to a letter to the panel.
In August, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. instructed federal prosecutors to avoid harsh charges for some lower-level drug defendants.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed his deputies to come up with reasons to fire Mr. Comey, according to a senior American official.
Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed the nation's 2,300 federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges in all but exceptional cases.
Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the attorney general had "instructed an immigration court to ignore DOMA in future rulings".
Secretary General Kofi Annan instructed his special envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, to send United Nations political advisers into Kabul as soon as "security conditions permit" to pave the way for a full return of the United Nations presence there.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 24 — Israel's attorney general has instructed the police to open a criminal investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert concerning his purchase of an apartment in a historic Jerusalem house in 2004, the Justice Ministry said Monday.
In an April 16 visit to Baghdad, General Franks instructed his officers to be prepared to reduce forces rapidly during an "an abbreviated period of stability operations," the study notes.
