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I am in absolute awe of Letitia James and Fani Willis.
cilla4progress
(24,873 posts)RIIIIIGHT???
lindysalsagal
(20,872 posts)BlueGreenLady
(2,824 posts)GETTINGTIRED
(330 posts)the true definition of Law and Order.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Native
(5,952 posts)Meet Damian Williams
* Nominated by Biden and confirmed in October of last year.
* He has a staff of 450 lawyers, special agents, paralegals and other support professionals.
* Prior to his confirmation as United States Attorney, Mr. Williams served as Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force in the Southern District of New York.
* As an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Williams primarily investigated and prosecuted white collar cases involving corruption in financial markets and politics. Among other matters, he prosecuted Congressman Chris Collins for insider trading and lying to the FBI and New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for bribery, extortion, and money laundering.
* Mr. Williams earned an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University, a M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
* And he clerked for Garland and Stevens!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,180 posts)capitalizing both of the words Black and Women/Woman shows a level of respect that is warranted for these minority groups that the GOP and the cons and MAGA are out to destroy!
I actually do it also for Latino and Jewish etc. But Women and Black are the biggies!
niyad
(114,393 posts)FakeNoose
(33,121 posts)She is showing a lot of leadership. The State of NY is lucky to have her.
Samrob
(4,298 posts)Brainfodder
(6,426 posts)That was a subtle sweetly delivered smackdown!
Mr.
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)Maybe they should consider listening to black Women more often
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