Does Fitzgerald’s Record Make Him AG Front-runner Or Long Shot?
From the Chicago Sun-Times
He upset Republicans and Democrats alike, brought Chicago’s most notorious dirty cop to justice and sent the last two governors of Illinois to prison.
And he’s close pals with FBI director James Comey.
Who better to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder in the nation’s capital than gung-ho former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald?
That was the reaction Thursday of many in Chicago’s legal circles to news of Holder’s resignation.
But, experts say, the independence and aggressiveness that would make Fitzgerald an outstanding candidate to run the Justice Department likely counts against him in Washington, D.C., where some Republicans still nurse grievances over his prosecution of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
Nor is it clear that Fitzgerald is interested in becoming Attorney General for the last two years of President Barack Obama’s term. Calls on Thursday to Fitzgerald’s office at his law firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom were not returned.
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From the Chicago Sun-Times
He upset Republicans and Democrats alike, brought Chicago’s most notorious dirty cop to justice and sent the last two governors of Illinois to prison.
And he’s close pals with FBI director James Comey.
Who better to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder in the nation’s capital than gung-ho former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald?
That was the reaction Thursday of many in Chicago’s legal circles to news of Holder’s resignation.
But, experts say, the independence and aggressiveness that would make Fitzgerald an outstanding candidate to run the Justice Department likely counts against him in Washington, D.C., where some Republicans still nurse grievances over his prosecution of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
Nor is it clear that Fitzgerald is interested in becoming Attorney General for the last two years of President Barack Obama’s term. Calls on Thursday to Fitzgerald’s office at his law firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom were not returned.
Read more in our daily News Update...