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Federal Judge Noel Hillman
Lead Justice Department prosecutor in the Jack Abramoff Capitol Hill
lobbying scandal and Michael Chertoff protégé, former Chief of the Office of
Public Integrity.
Hillman, a former assistant U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, was the
lead Justice Department prosecutor in the Jack Abramoff Capitol
Hill lobbying scandal. The investigation into Jack Abramoff, the
disgraced Republican lobbyist, took a doubly surprising turn
when the Justice Department said the chief prosecutor in the
inquiry, Noel Hillman, would step down because he had been
nominated to a federal judgeship by President Bush. This
effectively ended the Abramoff Investigation.
[AP, Rawls, 3/8/04; AP, Rawls, 5/27/04]
Current and former Justice Department officials [Scott Horton
has] interviewed have consistently identified Michael Chertoff,
his successor Alice Fisher and his protégé Noel Hillman, as
figures with a strong interest in political prosecutions. Each
apparently took an interest in the Siegelman case for all the
wrong reasons, I am told, and each had regular communications
with the White House throughout this period.
More in Harper's:
<"Team Chertoff... [& Hillman]">
<"Noel Hillman & the Siegelman Case">
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| Noel Hillman |
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