“A small-office prosecutor without supervisory experience has leapfrogged into a Trump nomination to lead 600 Justice Department criminal attorneys in Washington—thanks in part to his ties to the White House chief of staff.
Tysen Duva’s path to head the criminal division, a role more focused on bureaucratic management than specific cases, originated eight years ago. As a Jacksonville, Fla.-based assistant US attorney, Duva called Susie Wiles to the witness stand in his public corruption trial of a 12-term Democratic House member.
Wiles, who is now President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, was then a Florida GOP power broker who came away impressed with Duva’s courtroom skills, said Hank Coxe, her attorney in the proceeding. Wiles’ testimony led to a guilty verdict and two-plus years in prison for Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.).
Once Trump retook the White House, Duva was determined to land a higher-ranking DOJ position after nearly two decades as a successful criminal trial lawyer, said Coxe and another friend of Duva’s.”
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https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-unusual-criminal-chief-pick-benefits-from-west-wing-ties
This unqualified pick for Assistant DA Criminal Division belongs to Wiles. I don’t know anything about the Rep Corrine Brown (D-FL) conviction. If a GOP powerbroker was testifying against them, this would make me wonder. So…”Her conviction was later overturned on appeal and the court ordered she be retried on the charges. On May 17, 2022, she pleaded guilty on the charges to avoid a second trial.” From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrine_Brown
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