(AG) Mukasey recuses himself from $50 billion (Madoff) fraud probe

[sabra]

Source: USA Today

The Justice Department announced this morning that Attorney General Michael Mukasey will recuse himself from the investigation into allegations that investor Bernard Madoff committed a $50 billion fraud.

Bloomberg News reports that Marc Mukasey, the A.G.'s son, is representing an employee of the firm that is accused of running a massive Ponzi scheme. "Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr declined to say whether the family connection is the reason Mukasey has removed himself from the case," Bloomberg says.

Read more: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/12/mukasey-recuses.html?loc=interstitialskip

[monmouth]

1. Now see, this is a story the pundits, scarbags and tweetys should be

glomming onto for the next 8 days or so. I doubt it though, Illinois is soooooo much more interesting.../sarc.

[indepat]

4. Now ain't it special that the Mukasey family has ties to the Madoff scandal

:P

Edited: spelling

[Robbien]

2. It is no surprise that Madoff is not sitting in a jail cell and his bail hearing has been cancelled

The crooks all know each other.

[WriteDown]

3. Is Mukasey's son a lawyer? nt

[FarCenter]

6. The Attorney General's son is representing Madoff's Chief Financial Officer

In other words, the son of the highest law enforcement officer in the land is defending the guy who kept the books for the biggest swindler in history.

[specimenfred1984]

5. Chimp's gov't of war criminals and corrupt cronies

Every last one of them are criminals, it's only a matter of whether they get caught or not.