[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Melson Out (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/30/2011 7:12:19 AM EDT
| Fox reporting major shake up at ATF over fast and furious. Melson being removed.... |
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It will be someone from Chicago that is a more corrupt crook but much better at not getting caught. Former mayor Daley perhaps? The former or present head of the atf in chicago. He's already been touted. Big anti. Don't remember his name. NRA will fight him tooth and nail, plus congress won't approve him. I think fast and furious is now too large to sweep anywhere. Grassley and Issa, I don't think, will let this lay. |
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/30/sources-atf-director-to-be-reassigned-amid-fast-and-furious-uproar/ ETA: Kenneth Melson, who heads the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, will be reassigned elsewhere in the Justice Department. An announcement is expected late Tuesday morning. emphasis added
ETA-2: With Melson's reassignment, Attorney General Eric Holder will have to fill the top job at ATF.
Great.. just great.
The likely replacement, ATF Chicago Office head Andrew Traver, was nominated last November by Holder. His nomination is opposed by the National Rifle Association. |
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Maybe Melson will begin to think he's the goat staked to a tree and decide to cover his ass with some "found" memos. Already in the works, he didn't use the doj lawyers and brought in his own when he testified before congress about F&F. By keeping him in doj and not firing him he cannot run to the press and expose the whole deal. |
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Tarver was the nominee last I checked. Obama has been trying to get his appointment through, but hasn't gotten Congress to do it. Tried to make a recess appointment, but failed at that, too. Obama failed to make the recess appointments because a few freshman Congressmen like West stayed in DC and kept Congress technically in session, so there was no recess. |
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I was afraid F&F would have an ending like this. Is there any word at all about future F&F action from the justice commitee or have they dropped it? There are a few more hearing scheduled if I remember right..... I don't think this is going to play out well in Congress. The bloodletting will be deep this election year, count on this to be used heavily as we get nearer the election. |
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62320.html Melson’s replacement is B. Todd Jones, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. Jones "is a demonstrated leader who brings a wealth of experience to this position,” Holder said. "I have great confidence that he will be a strong and steady influence guiding ATF in fulfilling its mission of combating violent crime by enforcing federal criminal laws and regulations in the firearms and explosives industries.” |
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Quoted: B. Todd Jones, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Anyone know where he stands on America's 2nd Amendment? +1 Here is what the official press release says: A veteran of the Justice Department, Jones has served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota under two presidential administrations. He first served from 1998 to 2001. He was nominated again in 2009 by President Obama and has been in that role since being confirmed that year. In 2009, the Attorney General appointed him to serve as chair of the Attorney General Advisory Committee ( ), a group of U.S. Attorneys appointed to advise the Attorney General on policy, management and operational issues affecting U.S. Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country. Jones previously served as a member, vice chair and chair of the from 1999 to 2001. During his several years as a federal prosecutor, Jones conducted grand jury investigations and has been the lead trial lawyer in many federal prosecutions involving drug trafficking, firearms, financial fraud and violent crime. Throughout his career, Jones has served as a partner with Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi (2001-2009); a partner with Greene Espel, PLLP (2001; 1994-1997); First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota (1997-1998); and Assistant U.S. Attorney (1992-1994). Following admission to the Minnesota bar, Jones went on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served as both a trial defense counsel and prosecutor in a number of courts martial proceedings. Jones received his B.A. from Macalester College in 1979 and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1983. http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2011/08/083011-doj-departmernt-of-justice-announces-new-acting-director-of-atf-and-senior-advisor-in-the-office-of-legal-policy.html |
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From a page at UM:
B. Todd Jones ('83) Confirmed for U.S. Attorney, District of MN
AUGUST 10, 2009—The Senate has confirmed alumnus B. Todd Jones ('83) as U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 4, 2009, and will replace acting U.S. Attorney Frank Magill, who was appointed in January 2008 to fill the position after Rachel Paulose resigned. Jones has already served in this capacity, from 1998 when he was recommended by then-Senator Paul Wellstone, until the end of January 2001. He was the first black U.S. Attorney in Minnesota history. Since leaving the U.S. Attorney's office in 2001, Jones has worked with the law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, where he is a partner. After completing his undergraduate work at Macalester College, Jones obtained his J.D. at the U. of Minnesota Law School, and then served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps until 1989. In 1991, he was recalled as a Marine Corps Reservist for Operation Desert Storm and served as the commanding officer of the fourth Marine Division Military Policy Company until his honorable discharge in 1998. Jones was a senior associate attorney at Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly from 1989-92 and a managing partner at Greene Espel from l994-97. With his confirmation as U.S. Attorney of Minnesota, Jones joins a distinguished group of Law School alumni who have served in the office: Including Tom Heffelfinger ('76), Judge James M. Rosenbaum ('69), Thomas K. Berg ('65), Andrew W. Danielson ('61), Thorwald H. Anderson Jr. ('64), Hartley Nordin ('48), and Miles Lord ('48). Portrait of B. Todd Jones B. Todd Jones ('83), U.S. Attorney, District of Minnesota Wellstone was a grade A choice communist. But then Jones is a Veteran Marine... |
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Maybe Melson will begin to think he's the goat staked to a tree and decide to cover his ass with some "found" memos. Already in the works, he didn't use the doj lawyers and brought in his own when he testified before congress about F&F. By keeping him in doj and not firing him he cannot run to the press and expose the whole deal. This. It appears Melson was willing/ready/wanting to roll on the higher ups. This way they can keep track of him. Melson may, and I emphasize may, be one of the good ones in this mess. Stay tuned. |