A new book’s accusations of improper partisan interference inside former President Donald Trump’s Justice Department puts WilmerHale in the uncomfortable position of having a congressional investigations partner the subject of a Senate probe.
A former Manhattan-based US attorney claimed that Wilmer lawyer Edward O’Callaghan, as a senior DOJ leader in 2018, pressured federal prosecutors to “even things out” by bringing criminal charges before the midterm election against the Obama White House’s top attorney.
O’Callaghan, through a Wilmer spokesman, denied as “categorically false” the allegation laid out in Geoffrey Berman’s book, “Holding the Line.” Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin ...
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