Abramoff/Wade Prosecutor Moves On-Second Scandal Prosecutor to be Promoted

Abramoff/Wade Prosecutor Moves On; Second Scandal Prosecutor to be Promoted
By Paul Kiel - March 13, 2006, 2:11 PM
If you're a DOJ lawyer looking for a promotion these days, seems one of the best things to do is be in the midst of a major corruption investigation.

The prosecutor who has headed the office at the center of a number of high-profile GOP corruption investigations - Jack Abramoff, David Safavian, Michael Scanlon, and Mitchell Wade - is moving on. He's been there since May of 2004.

Kenneth Wainstein, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has been tapped to be Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

You might remember that another key prosecutor in the Abramoff case, Noel Hillman of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Sector, was recently nominated to a federal judgeship in New Jersey, sparking calls for a special prosecutor. I wouldn't be surprised if that effort was renewed.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000088.php

How convenient.

Wainstein's office is at the center of the Abramoff investigation, along with a number of other agencies, including the DoJ's Public Integrity - Abramoff and Scanlon both pled guilty in the U.S. District Court in D.C. And it is his office that is prosecuting David Safavian. His office is also busy carrying on the investigation into crooked defense contractor Mitchell Wade's full-fledged corruption; as the Post reported a couple of weeks ago, that investigation has spread into the Department of Defense.

Abramoff, Scanlon, Safavian and Wade. Wow. So we've had 2 prosecutors promoted, then there was that weird bit with Abramoff's lawyer threatening to let the Mercan people in on what's going on... put this together with the demotion of attorney general Black(?)...stir in Pakistan and lobbying, and you could have the makings of a scandal, but of course, national security will prevent us from learning what's going on.

Worst President Ever has presided over the most corrupt administration ever. And congress is MIA. Who's gonna clean this up?