White House interference in Kevin Johnson case?
Mayor KJ
Was Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson's ally in the White House a leading factor in the decision by federal attorneys not to pursue charges against him for alleged financial misdeeds and inappropriate behavior with female students? Former federal inspector general Gerald Walpin, who protested the prosecutors' handling of the case, thinks so; he was fired by the Obama White House in June. LA Times Washington correspondent Tom Hamburger tells the story.
Guest:
Tom Hamburger, Washington correspondent for the Los Angeles Times
- Patt Morrison for November 20, 2009
- Women advised to undergo fewer Pap screenings
- The politics of health: preventative care, policy changes & recriminations
- Pay more, pollute more? The problem with carbon off-sets
- Gross negligence: the U.S. government’s liability for failed levees
- White House interference in Kevin Johnson case?
- OBAMANOS!
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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