"Comey's actions violate, not only long-standing Justice Department policy, the directive of the person that he works under, the attorney general," the former prosecutor said, referring to Loretta Lynch's reported disagreement with Comey, "but even more important, the most fundamental rules of fairness and impartiality".
Writer tells about visiting Francesco Saverio Borrelli, the former prosecutor general of Milan who discusses potential changes to Italy's legal system under Berlusconi.
The former prosecutor dismisses the pleas from Bucklew's lawyers.
"It was an amazing night," the former prosecutor said.
The former prosecutor appears to be a smart, hardworking politician.
"It is extremely unusual for a judge to want to look under the bonnet," said George B. Newhouse Jr., a former prosecutor and now a partner at Brown, White & Newhouse, a law firm in Los Angeles.
It is the rare prosecutor or former prosecutor who will admit any kind of fault.
The $1.2 million she had in her campaign account edged the two other candidates: Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the son of a former secretary of state who was an assistant district attorney under Mr. Morgenthau and is now a partner in a law firm; and Richard M. Aborn, also a former prosecutor under Mr. Morgenthau and now a managing partner in a law firm.
They figured their chances would improve under his successor, Eliot Spitzer, even though Mr. Spitzer was a tough former prosecutor who supported the death penalty.
Turner is a former prosecutor for the county.
