Jeffrey A. Taylor
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Jeffrey A. Taylor is the former interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School.
Career
Prior to his work in Washington, DC, Jeffrey Taylor served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1995–1999.USA PATRIOT Act.[2]
Before his appointment as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Taylor served as Counselor to
USA Patriot Reauthorization Act of 2005;[2] formerly interim appointees had a 120-day term limit, and could be re-appointed (without term limit) at the end of the 120-day term by the chief judge of the district court. On May 28, 2009, Taylor announced his resignation.[3] It has been reported that he will join Ernst & Young.[4]
U.S. Attorneys controversy
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Mr. Taylor's position came under heightened interest in March 2007 during the
Congress.[5] One who ignores a Congressional subpoena can be held in contempt of Congress
, but the D.C. U.S. Attorney must convene a grand jury to start the prosecution of this crime.
Under
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, "whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for its action."[6]
It is unclear (as of March 20, 2007) whether Mr. Taylor would fulfill this duty to convene a grand jury, or resist Congress at the direction of Bush or Gonzales.
References
- ^ a b c "Biography of U.S. Attorney: Jeffrey A. Taylor". United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ a b "3-19-2007 DOJ-Released Documents". U.S. House Judiciary Committee. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ http://legaltimes.typepad.com/files/taylorresignation-pre-1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor Resigns".
- ^ Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (March 21, 2007). "Bush Clashes With Congress on Prosecutors". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ Zimroth, Peter L. and David G. Kleiman (February 9, 2007). "Congressional Investigations: The Supoenas are Coming" (PDF). New York Law Journal. 237 (8). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-21.