The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee is the federal district court covering the western part of the state of Tennessee. Appeals from the Western District of Tennessee are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
The Office of the Pardon Attorney assists the president of the United States in his exercise of executive clemency as authorized by Article II,Section 2,of the US Constitution. It is part of the United States Department of Justice and is in consultation with the Attorney General of the United States or his delegate.
Rod Jay Rosenstein is an American attorney who served as the 37th United States deputy attorney general from April 2017 until May 2019. Prior to his appointment,he served as a United States attorney for the District of Maryland. At the time of his confirmation as deputy attorney general in April 2017,he was the longest-serving U.S. attorney. Rosenstein had also been nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2007,but his nomination was never considered by the U.S. Senate.
Amy Sauber Berman Jackson is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Drew Howard Wrigley is an American attorney,lawyer,and politician from North Dakota. Wrigley currently serves as the attorney general of North Dakota after being appointed to the position by Governor Doug Burgum following the death of Wayne Stenehjem. Wrigley previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota from 2001 to 2009 and again from 2019 to 2021,appointed by President George W. Bush and Donald Trump,respectively. Between his terms as United States attorney,Wrigley served as the 37th lieutenant governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016.
David Frank Kustoff is an American politician and attorney serving as the United States representative from Tennessee's 8th congressional district. The district includes the bulk of West Tennessee,but most of its population is in the eastern part of the Memphis area,including the eastern fourth of Memphis itself. From 2006 to 2008,Kustoff served as a United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. He is one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress,alongside Max Miller.
Thomas Lee Robinson "Tommy" Parker is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Ronald A. Parsons Jr. is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota from 2018 to 2021.
R. Trent Shores is an American attorney who was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 2017 to 2021.
Scott W. Brady is an American attorney who was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2021. Before becoming the U.S. Attorney,he was the head of litigation for Federated Investors. Brady was previously an Assistant United States Attorney in Pittsburgh,from 2004 to 2010,where he prosecuted white collar crime,violent crime and drug trafficking offenses. He was also an associate at Jones Day and at Reed Smith,where his practice focused on multi-district litigation,white collar criminal matters and internal investigations. Brady is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Michael Bryan Stuart is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 2018 to 2021. He was sworn in on January 9,2018. Prior to assuming his current role,he was a lawyer for the law firm of Steptoe &Johnson. In 2014,Stuart chaired the West Virginia Presidential Debate Commission. From 2010 to 2012,he served as chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party. Stuart chaired Trump's 2016 presidential campaign in the state. Prior to his confirmation as a U.S. Attorney,Stuart said addressing the opioid epidemic would be a priority of his office. On February 8,2021,he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign. On February 12,he announced his resignation,effective February 28.
Scott C. Blader is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin until February 26,2021. Prior to his service as a United States Attorney,Blader served as the District Attorney of Waushara County from 2007 to 2017. Blader was named State of Wisconsin Prosecutor of the Year in 2015 and Wisconsin Association of Homicide Detectives Prosecutor of the Year in 2014. He was previously an associate attorney with Blader Law Office,where he focused on criminal litigation.
Alice Marie Johnson is an American criminal justice reform advocate and former federal prisoner. She was convicted in 1996 for her involvement in a Memphis cocaine trafficking organization and sentenced to life imprisonment. In June 2018,after serving 21 years in prison,she was released from the Federal Correctional Institution,Aliceville,after then-President Donald Trump granted her clemency,thereby commuting her sentence,effective immediately.
Peter M. McCoy Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina from 2020 to 2021. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2011 to 2020.
This is a timeline of events from 2020 to 2022 related to investigations into the many suspicious links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies relating to the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It follows the timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections,both before and after July 2016,until November 8,2016,election day,the transition,the first and second halves of 2017,the first and second halves of 2018,and the first and second halves of 2019.
Charles Edward Atchley Jr. is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
On January 6,2021,supporters of President Donald Trump attempted to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden by attacking the U.S. Capitol Building,disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes to formalize Joe Biden's victory. By the end of the month,the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had opened more than 400 case files and issued more than 500 subpoenas and search warrants related to the riot. The FBI also created a website to solicit tips from the public specifically related to the riot and were especially assisted by the crowdsourced sleuthing of a group that calls themselves "Sedition Hunters." By the end of 2021,725 people had been charged with federal crimes. By the second anniversary of the attack,that number had risen to 978. Those prosecutions are handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington,D.C.
Andre Bernard Mathis is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
