A federal judge ruled Thursday that Associate Attorney General Robert McCallum must undergo questioning in a lawsuit, a decision that is helpful to a private group seeking records about the Justice Department's conduct in a landmark case against the tobacco industry. The ruling comes while Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin is blocking McCallum's ambassador nomination over allegations that the No. 3 official at the Justice Department improperly influenced the government's suit against cigarette makers.
June 02, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A judge ruled Thursday that Associate Attorney General Robert McCallum must undergo questioning in a lawsuit, a decision that is helpful to a private group seeking records about the Justice Department’s conduct in a landmark case against the tobacco industry.
The action by federal Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is the latest problem related to McCallum’s nomination as the Bush administration’s choice to become ambassador to Australia.
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