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Kansas City Star
April 26, 2018
The committee's investigation is the first step toward possible impeachment. Robertson was appointed to the state Supreme Court in 1985 by then-Gov. John Ashcroft, a Republican, and was chief justice from 1991 to 1993. He served on the court in 1994, when Secretary of State Judith Moriarty, a DemocratÃâà...
Kansas City Star
April 26, 2018
... release of the House report," Sauer said. "Other statewide elected officials, I won't name any names, aren't showing that at this time." The only statewide elected officials who have not yet spoke publicly about the allegations against Greitens are Treasurer Eric Schmitt and Secretary of State John Ashcroft.
POLITICO Magazine
April 21, 2018
He was a Republican who had credibility with Democrats for famously standing up to President George W. Bush's staff when they made a surprise hospital visit in an attempt to get an ailing Attorney General John Ashcroft to approve a domestic surveillance program the Department of Justice believed to beÃâà...
Politico
April 20, 2018
Walsh, a Missouri native and former Republican National Committee finance director, has established herself in Missouri's political scene. She worked on former Gov. Matt Blunt's 2004 gubernatorial campaign, in which he defeated McCaskill. She also worked on former Sen. John Ashcroft's 2000 campaign.
The Eagle
April 16, 2018
The Kennedy Political Union, College Republicans and Graduate Leadership College hosted former Attorney General John Ashcroft on April 9th to speak about national security and liberty, among other issues. Ashcroft served as attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He hasÃâà...
Lawfare (blog)
April 12, 2018
As my session with Attorney General John Ashcroft and Mueller ended, the two would proceed briskly down to the garage of the J. Edgar Hoover Building to get a brief ride up Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House—where, as the president's briefer wrapped up his PDB session, the attorney general, FBIÃâà...
San Francisco Examiner
April 8, 2018
John Ashcroft, who served under President George W. Bush, unveiled a streamlined approach in 2002, firing what he called softhearted judges from the 21-member Board of Immigration Appeals, the highest administrative body for interpreting and applying immigration laws. The result was an increase ofÃâà...
The Flat Hat
December 31, 1999
For example, former Attorney General John Ashcroft was a strong leader because he was “warm, decent, and committed to his job over his own ambitions” when Comey worked under him as deputy attorney general in the early 2000s. Former President Barack Obama was a strong leader because he “couldÃâà...
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