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Testimony ends without Clemens taking stand
WASHINGTON — His large frame towering over the microphone, Roger Clemens leaned forward at the podium and declared to the judge in a deep voice with a Texas twang: “Yes sir, I am not testifying.” Minutes earlier, four prosecutors representing the U.S. government huddled at their table and then declared: No, they wouldn’t roll the […]
News Corp. lobbyist testifies on U.K. govt contacts
LONDON — A lobbyist for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. testified Thursday that he thought a U.K. government minister knew that one of his aides was providing Murdoch’s company with information on its bid to take over the British Sky Broadcasting satellite network. Lobbyist Fred Michel told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics that he knew […]
Ministers, co-workers testify in Schurick robocall case
Ministers, a firefighter and state officials who have worked with Paul Schurick for decades took the stand Friday to testify about the character of the former aide accused of trying to suppress the black vote during the 2010 Maryland gubernatorial election. Prosecutors say Schurick, a longtime aide to former Gov. Robert Ehrlich, approved pre-recorded, automated […]
Accuser sits in on foreclosure hearing
Midway into Monday morning’s show cause hearing in Baltimore City Circuit Court, Special Master Elizabeth A. Ritter paused to ask if anyone in the gallery was a party to any of the foreclosure cases on the docket. Two men spoke up. The first was John Burson, managing partner of Shapiro & Burson LLP, the Virginia-based […]
Peace Corps insensitive to rapes, volunteers testify
WASHINGTON — It was an extraordinarily dramatic scene, even for Congress: Three Peace Corps volunteers raped while serving overseas, plus the mother of a fourth who was murdered in Benin, complaining to lawmakers about one of the government’s most revered agencies. Their theme was similar: The Peace Corps, which happens to be celebrating its 50th […]
