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Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies
Read full article: Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, diesFix It.’ I’ve liked the day-in, day-out challenges of governance.”President Ronald Reagan appointed Thornburgh attorney general in the waning months of his administration. He was asked to stay on as attorney general when George H.W. When Thornburgh left the U.S. attorney general post in 1991, he made a run for U.S. Senate, losing to Harris Wofford in the general election. In 2002, the Justice Department tapped Thornburgh to help investigate WorldCom for mismanagement, irregularities and fraud. Three years later, Thornburgh married Ginny Judson, who raised his three sons and bore another, William.
Trump commutes 20-year sentence in massive health care fraud run out of Florida
Read full article: Trump commutes 20-year sentence in massive health care fraud run out of FloridaPhilip Esformes was listed as the owner/manager of Eden Gardens for 11 years. MIAMI – President Donald Trump has commuted the 20-year prison sentence imposed on a Miami Beach businessman in a $1 billion health care fraud case, one of the nation’s largest. The president's action for 52-year-old Philip Esformes was among a group of pardons and commutations announced Tuesday night. Esformes' commutation was supported by a number of top former federal legal officials, including former U.S. Trial testimony also showed that Esformes paid bribes to a former University of Pennsylvania basketball coach to get his son into the school.