AFL-CIO / TEAMSTERS (IBT)
Finally, Mary Jo White to Go
Eleven and a half months too late, Bill Clinton's U.S. Atty. for the
S.D.N.Y., Mary Jo White, will
resign at the end of the year. While earlier reports about her ousting
were reversed, the Dep't of Justice made her departure official on Nov.
15. She recently lost the important corruption case
against ex-Teamsters boss Ron Carey. Union corruption watchdog, the
Nat'l Legal & Pol'y Ctr. has repeated called for White's removal due
her poor handling of Teamsters money-laundering
scandal including her failure to bring charges against AFL-CIO
secretary-treasurer Richard L. Trumka for his alleged role in the scheme.
"Good riddance. Despite slam-dunk cases against Trumka and others, White
has repeatedly dropped the ball." said NLPC Chairman Ken Boehm. Unfortunately,
it's unlikely that White's missteps can be corrected by her successor because
the 5-year statutes of limitations have apparently run in this 1996 scandal.
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