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Brenda Morris (along with William Welch II) is At It Again

[Ed's note: I drafted this post on February 6, 2009.  Recent developments reminded me to publish it.]Brenda Morris (along with William Welch II) was the lead prosecutor in the case against then-Senator Ted Stevens.  In October, 2008, the federal judge overseeing the trial took Ms. Morris to task for committing blatant prosecutorial misconduct twice in the Stevens case.  That rebuke was not enough.  Ms. Morris and her boss lied to a federal judge again!The Public Integrity Section has taken plenty of lumps from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan over the course of the case of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, who was convicted of corruption charges in October. By the looks of these court pleadings filed Thursday, it can expect a few more. In an attached letter dated Jan...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 14, 2009 (boomark / email).