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Patrick Fitzgerald, Official DOJ Portrait
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| Born | December 22, 1960 Brooklyn, New York |
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| Occupation | Federal prosecutor, United States Department of Justice |
Patrick J. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department Fitzgerald (born December 22, 1960) is an American attorney and the current United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The law of the United States was originally largely derived from the Common law system of English law, which was in force at the time of the Revolutionary The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties divided into two divisions On December 30, 2003, after then-Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself from the CIA leak grand jury investigation of the Plame affair due to conflicts of interest, Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey, acting as Attorney General in Ashcroft's place, appointed Fitzgerald to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel in charge of the investigation. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement John David Ashcroft (born May 9 1942) is an American Politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. CIA leak grand jury investigation (related to the " CIA leak scandal The phrase Plame Affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal, the CIA leak case, the CIA leak grand jury investigation, and Plamegate) refers A conflict of interest is a situation in which someone in a position of trust such as a Lawyer, Insurance adjuster, a Politician, executive or director United States Deputy Attorney General is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. James B Comey was Deputy Attorney General of the United States, serving in President George W The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement The Office of Special Counsel in the United States Department of Justice replaced the former Office of the Independent Counsel in 1999. [1][2]
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Fitzgerald was born into a working-class Irish-American Catholic family in Brooklyn and grew up in the Midwood-Flatbush neighborhood. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Flatbush is a community of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City, consisting of several neighborhoods His father (also named Patrick Fitzgerald) worked as a doorman in Manhattan. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York His parents both came from Co Clare, Ireland and he regularly visits the country. The last time he visited Ireland was at the Chicago Bar Association Conference in association with the School of Law (University College Dublin)March 2007
Fitzgerald attended Our Lady Help of Christians grammar school, Regis High School, a prestigious Jesuit Catholic school in Manhattan, and received degrees in economics and mathematics from Amherst College before receiving his JD from Harvard Law School in 1985. Regis High School is a Jesuit, college preparatory school for Catholic young men The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order This article is about Catholic schools in general for specific schools named Catholic High School, see Catholic High School (disambiguation. Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Juris Doctor (abbreviated JD or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a first professional graduate degree and Professional Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. [3]
After practicing civil law, Fitzgerald became an Assistant United States Attorney in New York City in 1988. Civil law, as opposed to Criminal law, refers to that branch of Law dealing with disputes between Individuals and/or Organizations, in which United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the United States federal government in United States district court and The City of New York He handled drug-trafficking cases and in 1993 assisted in the prosecution of Mafia figure John Gotti, the boss of the Gambino crime family. The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a Sicilian Criminal Secret society which is believed to have first developed in the mid-19th century John Joseph Gotti Jr ( October 27, 1940 &ndash June 10, 2002) commonly known by the media as "The Dapper Don" and "The The Gambino crime family is one of the " Five Families " that controls Organized crime activities based in New York City, United States [4] In 1994, Fitzgerald became the prosecutor in the case against Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 others charged in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (عمر عبد الرحمن (born May 3, 1938) is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on February 26, 1993, when a Car bomb was detonated below Tower One of the World Trade Center [5]
In 1996, Fitzgerald became the National Security Coordinator for the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S There, he served on a team of prosecutors investigating Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden, with some spelling variations is the name used in English to refer to (أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن born 10 March [6] He also served as chief counsel in prosecutions related to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. In the 1998 US Embassy bombings ( August 7, 1998) hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous Car bomb explosions at the United States The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya
On September 1, 2001, Fitzgerald was nominated for the position of U. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois on the recommendation of U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald (no relation), a Republican from Illinois. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald (born October 20, 1960) is the former junior United States Senator from Illinois, having served from 1999&ndash The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. On October 24, 2001, the nomination was confirmed by the Senate. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts describing a situation in
Soon after becoming U. S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, Fitzgerald began an investigation of political appointees of Republican Illinois Governor George Ryan, who were suspected of accepting bribes to give licenses to unqualified truck drivers. The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction as prescribed in the George Homer Ryan (born February 24 1934 in Maquoketa Iowa) was the Republican Governor of the U Fitzgerald soon expanded this investigation, uncovering a network of political bribery and gift-giving, and leading to more than 60 indictments. Ryan, who did not seek re-election in 2002, was indicted in December 2003. At the conclusion of the trial, in April 2006, Ryan was found guilty on all eighteen counts against him. Ryan's co-defendant, Chicago businessman Larry Warner, 67, was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, fraud, attempted extortion, and money laundering. The two were sentenced on 6 September 2006: Ryan received a sentence of six and one half years, and Warner received a sentence of three years, five months. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [7]
Against criticism that these cases were based on circumstantial evidence, Fitzgerald responded: "People now know that if you're part of a corrupt conduct, where one hand is taking care of the other and contracts are going to people, you don't have to say the word 'bribe' out loud. . . . And I think people need to understand we won't be afraid to take strong circumstantial cases into court. "[8]
On July 18, 2005, Fitzgerald's office indicted a number of top aides to Democrat Richard M. Daley, the mayor of Chicago, on charges of mail fraud, alleging numerous instances of corruption in hiring practices at City Hall. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Michael Daley (born April 24 1942 is a United States Politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party and current mayor The Mayor of Chicago is the Chief executive of Chicago, Illinois, the third largest City in the United Mail fraud refers to any scheme which attempts to unlawfully obtain money or valuables in which the Postal system is used at any point in the commission of a criminal offense Fitzgerald is also investigating the administration of current Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Rod R Blagojevich (bləˈgɔɪəvɪtʃ, born December 10, 1956) is an American Politician from the state of Illinois. An investigation announced on December 30, 2005 will review contracts between the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and vendors who signed leases to occupy the recently remodeled Illinois Tollway oases. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (often abbreviated ISTHA) is an instrumentality and administrative agency of the State of Illinois. An Illinois Tollway oasis is a type of Rest area that is found along Interstate highways that are toll roads in Illinois. Fitzgerald's office is investigating possible conflicts of interest between these vendors and one of Blagojevich's top fundraisers, Antoin Rezko. Antoin "Tony" Rezko (born 1955 in Aleppo, Syria) is an American political fundraiser Restauranteur, and Real estate
In March 2006, former Chicago City Clerk James Laski pled guilty to pocketing nearly $50,000 in bribes for steering city business to two trucking companies. Thus far Laski is the highest-ranking Chicago official and Daley administration employee brought down by Fitzgerald's office in conjunction with the Hired Truck Program scandal. The Hired Truck Program was a scandal-plagued program in the city of Chicago that involved hiring private trucks to do city work
U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald chose not to run for reelection in 2004, leaving Patrick Fitzgerald without a congressional patron. Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald (born October 20, 1960) is the former junior United States Senator from Illinois, having served from 1999&ndash In the summer of 2005, there were rumors that he would not be reappointed to a second four-year term in retaliation for his conduct in investigations into corruption in Illinois and Chicago government, as well as for his investigation of the Plame scandal. [9] As of May 15, 2007, those "rumors" had not been realized.
On December 30, 2003, three months after the start of the Plame investigation, Fitzgerald was appointed Special Counsel (under Department of Justice regulation 28 CFR Part 600). The phrase Plame Affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal, the CIA leak case, the CIA leak grand jury investigation, and Plamegate) refers Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department Through this, Fitzgerald was delegated "all the authority of the Attorney General" in the matter. In February 2004, Acting Attorney General Comey clarified the delegated authority and stated that Fitzgerald has plenary authority. A plenary power or plenary authority is the complete power of a governing body Comey also wrote "further, my conferral on you of the title of 'Special Counsel' in this matter should not be misunderstood to suggest that your position and authorities are defined and limited by 28 CFR Part 600. "[10]
On October 28, 2005, Fitzgerald brought an indictment for 5 counts of false statements, perjury, and obstruction of justice against Lewis "Scooter" Libby, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby (born August 22 1950) is a former Assistant to the President of the United States, George W The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. Libby resigned to prepare for his legal defense. Fitzgerald indicated that the leak investigation was not over, and it was widely believed that Karl Rove was the main target of the investigation, although Fitzgerald refused to comment on any specific person. Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) was Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W
In his first press conference after announcing Libby's indictment, Fitzgerald was asked about comments by Republicans such as Kay Bailey Hutchison, who said "I certainly hope that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not some perjury technicality. Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison usually known as Kay Bailey Hutchison (born July 22 1943) is the senior United States Senator from . . " Fitzgerald responded, "That talking point won't fly. . . The truth is the engine of our judicial system. If you compromise the truth, the whole process is lost . . . if we were to walk away from this, we might as well hand in our jobs. "[11]
By March 28, 2006, some bloggers were reporting that on the basis of interviews with people close to the Plame investigation, indictments against Rove or National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley were imminent. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Stephen John Hadley (born February 13, 1947, in Toledo Ohio) is the current (21st U However, by mid-June 2006, it was announced that no charges were going to be brought against Rove. In early April, The New York Times ran a front page story linking Libby to a leak, supposedly ordered by Dick Cheney, that Iraq had been attempting to acquire uranium in 2002. By the thirteenth of the month, many media outlets, including the New York Times, retracted this story, after discovering that the basis of this claim was based on papers filed with the courts the previous week. These papers themselves were corrected via formal statements from Fitzgerald.
On August 28, 2006, it was reported that Richard Armitage was the primary source of the Valerie Plame leak and that Fitzgerald knew this at the beginning of his investigation. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Armitage may refer to Richard Armitage (actor, English actor Richard Armitage (politician, American politician [12] Investor's Business Daily questioned Mr. Investor's Business Daily ( IBD) is a national newspaper in the United States, published Monday through Friday that covers international Business Fitzgerald's truthfulness in an op-ed piece one day later. [13] Robert Novak's testimony in the Lewis Libby perjury trial made it known that the two senior administration sources he cited in his article were Richard Armitage and Karl Rove. [1] Journalist Michael Isikoff received confirmation from Rove's lawyer and from lobbyist Richard Hohlt that Rove was also faxed an advance copy of the article revealing a CIA covert agent's identity several days before it was published. [2]
An author and former Federal Prosecutor of 20 years, Elizabeth del la Vega, has taken issue with Fitzgerald's critics. [14]
On March 6th 2007, Libby was convicted of 4 out of 5 charges of lying under oath. Fitzgerald announced on the courthouse steps that while he is always open to receiving new information related to the case, he expects to file no further charges, and the prosecutors will "return to their day jobs. " Libby was sentenced to a $250,000 fine, 2 years of probation and a 2 1/2 year prison term. After a court of appeals rejected Libby's attempt to delay the prison sentence while he appealed the verdict, President George W. Bush commuted the prison portion of Libby's sentence.
Two days after the verdict, Congressman Henry Waxman, chair of the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform, announced that his committee would ask Plame to testify on March 16, in an effort by his committee to look into "whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding Plame's identity. Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939 in Los Angeles California) is an American politician. The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is a United States House of Representatives committee that has existed in varying forms since 1816 "[15]
In March 2007, it was revealed that Fitzgerald "was ranked among prosecutors who had 'not distinguished themselves' on a Justice Department chart sent to the White House in March 2005. . . . "[16] This was revealed in light of an investigation of the December 2006 firings of several U. S. Attorneys by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, perceived as being politically motivated and despite his previous Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service in 2002. [17] The Washington Post article states that two other prosecutors so ranked were dismissed.
On July 2, 2007, President Bush provided a statement [18] on his decision to commute Mr. Libby's prison sentence and noted,
"After the investigation was under way, the Justice Department appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald as a Special Counsel in charge of the case. Mr. Fitzgerald is a highly qualified, professional prosecutor who carried out his responsibilities as charged. "
On November 17, 2005, Fitzgerald brought criminal fraud charges against former Canadian media mogul and Lord Conrad Black, as well as against three other Hollinger executives. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A media proprietor is a person who controls either through personal ownership or a dominant position in a Public company, a significant part of the Mass media. Conrad Moffat Black Baron Black of Crossharbour PC, KCSG, OC, (born 25 August 1944, in Montreal, Quebec) is
The trial of Lord Black began at the Federal Court in Chicago in March 2007. Black was convicted on July 13, 2007 and later sentenced to serve 78 months in federal prison, pay Hollinger $6. 1 million and a fine of $125,000.
On 1 February 2006, it was first announced that Fitzgerald was indicting nineteen members of a software and movie piracy ring in U. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. S. Federal Court in Chicago. [19][20]
On October 18, 2007, the Washington Post broke the story of Fitzgerald's engagement to Jennifer Letzkus. It is his first marriage and her second (Letzkus was married from 2001-2004 to Cisco executive Jeremy Crisup). They are runners and stair climbers, having completed a Turkey Trot, the Mt. Washington climb, and the 23rd Annual New Year's Day 5K Run/Walk, among other events.