...John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) is asking Attorney General Michael Mukasey to clarify a statement indicating that officials who signed off on torture and surveillance policies believed they were acting within the law. The House Judiciary Committee chairman,...
...NYT reports that Attorney General Michael Mukasey does not believe the Bush Administration needs to consider whether to pardon officials who were involved with the development of interrogation policies. Mr. Mukasey, whose nomination as attorney general...
...I didn't like Ashcroft, the AG in Bush's first term, but he was a saint compared to incompetent Gonzo and this clown. Michael Mukasey: Â You too have only 48 days in office. Then it will be time to clean up the DOJ as well. Â Eric Holder will be busy...
...-- Attorney General Michael Mukasey appeared in good health Wednesday in his first news conference since collapsing during a speech Nov. 20. Mukasey said he still doesn't know what caused his fainting spell. As he neared the end of his address, "the...
Background
Michael Bernard Mukasey (pronounced /mjuːˈkeɪzi/) (born July 28, 1941) is an American lawyer, presently the 81st Attorney General of the United States, and follows Alberto Gonzales, who resigned from office. Mukasey also served for 18 years as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, six of those years as Chief Judge. He has received several awards, most notably the Learned Hand Medal of the Federal Bar Council. Mukasey is the second Jewish U.S. Attorney General.
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