Small connection, but a connection nonetheless. He also has a connection to the Padilla case and has a connection to Guiliani. There must be even more on this guy.
Judge Fails to Hold Developer In Contempt for Comments
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March 23, 2004, Tuesday
By CHARLES V. BAGLI (NYT); Metropolitan Desk
Late Edition - Final, Section B, Page 3, Column 5, 733 words
DISPLAYING ABSTRACT -
Judge Michael B Mukasey decides not to hold World Trade Center developer Larry A Silverstein in contempt for violating order not to discuss case against his insurers publicly, claiming his comments did not affect jury; Silverstein is suing his insurers and insisting he needs double insurance payment to rebuild World Trade Center, destroyed in Sept 11 terrorist attacks
http://tinyurl.com/yqmchgSorry, but you have to pay to read the entire article.:(
Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: Arbitration For Trade Center Dispute
By CHARLES V. BAGLI (NYT); COMPILED BY ANTHONY RAMIREZ
Published: October 30, 2003
A federal judge yesterday ordered the developer Larry A. Silverstein and his insurers to arbitration on Nov. 6 to try to settle their battle over billions of dollars in insurance proceeds for rebuilding at the World Trade Center site. If the process fails, Judge Michael B. Mukasey said, the first of what could be three successive trials will begin in February. Mr. Silverstein's lawyer, Herbert M. Wachtell, expressed reservations about the proposed arbitrator, John S. Martin, a retired federal judge. He said Mr. Martin was a friend of his but had ruled against Mr. Silverstein in earlier stages of the case. But Mr. Wachtell agreed to the choice when Judge Mukasey said that ''you couldn't conceivably have anyone better to mediate this case.'' Charles V. Bagli (NYT)
http://tinyurl.com/29ckulThen there's this:
A NATION AT WAR: THE COURTS; New Turn in 'Dirty Bomb' Case
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April 10, 2003, Thursday
By BENJAMIN WEISER (NYT); National Desk
Late Edition - Final, Section B, Page 15, Column 5, 277 words
DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - Manhattan federal Judge Michael M Mukasey rules legality of Pres Bush's designation of Joseph Padilla as enemy combatant may be appealed immediately to higher court, even before he rules on merits of challenge to Padilla's detention.
http://tinyurl.com/2jehmkThen we have a Guiliani connection:
It seems appropriate that Mukasey's current practice at Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler includes the area of "White Collar Defense and Investigations", after all - there appears that there may be some high-level white collar crime surrounding some of the Bush administration's more notable "indiscretions"...
Oh, wait -- the Attorney General is charged with prosecuting white collar crime, my bad!
What seems even more "appropriate" is that Mukasey's son Marc is "a former Southern District prosecutor and white-collar defense partner at Bracewell & Giuliani in New York."
That's right. The son of the (potential) next Attorney General receives a nice seven-figure income from a law firm owned by the leading GOP candidate for President.
When are Republicans going to stop being so damned crooked?In my view the Attorney General of the United States should not be someone with close ties to Giuliani. There's been enough politics in the Justice Department with Karl Rove swinging his weight around the DOJ decision-making process. It's time to make a clean break and give the people of the United States an Attorney General who is pristine and free from hints of possible impropriety.
Michael B. Mukasey isn't that person.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/16/16426/6442