Former U.S. Attorney General (as well as former Missouri Governor and Senator) John Ashcroft has agreed to appear at a federal hearing looking into millions of dollars of no-bid contracts he and others received to monitor out-of-court corporate settlements.
A House Judiciary Committee subcommittee announced the agreement with Ashcroft in Washington, D.C. today, the day before the committee was to consider authorizing its chairman to issue him a subpoena.
From the AP:
The former attorney general is considered a key witness in the inquiry into lucrative federal monitoring contracts awarded by federal prosecutors to hand-picked monitors to oversee deferred prosecutions…
[Christopher Christie, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey] appointed Ashcroft in September as monitor for Zimmer Holdings Inc., of Warsaw, Ind., one of five makers of replacement hips and knees that agreed to pay $310 million and accept federal monitors to settle concerns over doctor kickbacks.
Ashcroft’s Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm, The Ashcroft Group LLC, stands to make from $27 million to $52 million over 18 months, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Antonio your not simply stirring the pot with outrageous claims. You will be following up with undisputed evidence. Otherwise what you have written can only be considered tabloid journalism.
If your story is accurate, please provide the support and go for the Joseph Pulitzer
Prize.
RESPONSE FROM ANTONIO FRENCH:
THE ABOVE STORY HAS BEEN REPORTED BY EVERY NEWS ORGANIZATION FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (READ THEIR STORY HERE) TO THE WASHINGTON POST (READ THEIR STORY HERE). PERHAPS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING WHY IT IS BEING SO UNDERREPORTED BY OTHER LOCAL MEDIA, BESIDES PUBDEF.NET.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:06 am
How does this hint at tabloid journalism? So, Ashcroft is going to testify…That’s a fact…no misleading claims there.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
(deep sigh) haters…