When the U.S. Department of Justice prosecutes its toughest cases, it sends in its toughest prosecutors. This afternoon, we came across this Justice Department press release:
WASHINGTON – Paul Magliocchetti, the founder and president of PMA Group Inc. (PMA), a lobbying firm in Arlington, Va., was arrested today on charges of making illegal campaign contributions and making false statements to a federal agency, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia and Assistant Director Shawn Henry of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
A federal grand jury returned the indictment on Aug. 4, 2010, which was unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., following Magliocchetti’s arrest by FBI agents. He will make an initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge T. Rawles Jones Jr., in federal court in Alexandria.
Good. The DoJ had to pursue criminal charges in the PMA Group case. The PMA Group corruption is the most significant since Team Abramoff's activities.
We had to hang around until the second-to-last paragraph to notice this, though:
This case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys M. Kendall Day, Justin V. Shur and Kevin O. Driscoll of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section, and by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark D. Lytle of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The case is being investigated by the FBI.
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M. Kendall Day, huh? We wondered what that paragon of justice was up to. It is good to see Mr. Day take the lead on another high profile corruption case.
While we obviously wish Mr. Day all the best on his new assignment, we are simultaneously concerned. The resources allocated to prosecuting the Jack Murtha fork of corruption are well spent. We just hope that this doesn't mean that the DoJ is giving up on our cases.
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