Justice Dept. Reprimands Md. Prosecutor

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By WILEY HALL, Associated Press Writer

BALTIMORE - Maryland's U.S. attorney has been ordered to submit proposed public corruption indictments to superiors for prior approval after he exhorted his staff to produce three "front page" indictments of elected officials by the first week of November.



Democratic officials said two e-mails this month and an earlier memo showed that U.S. Attorney Thomas DiBiagio, a Republican appointee of President Bush (news - web sites), was conducting partisan prosecutions, and called for his resignation.


In a Friday letter to DiBiagio, Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Comey ordered the prosecutor to submit any proposed indictments in public corruption cases to him.


"We can never allow political considerations — or the perception of such considerations — to taint the work done by our dedicated investigators and prosecutors," Comey said.

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1. ( repub) DiBiagio rebuked, must get approval on cases

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-dibiagio0716,0,2950218.story?coll=bal-home-headlines