An Aside – Wooldridge Resigns
According to reports from the January 10, 2007, Washington Post, Sue Ellen Wooldridge, the Department of Justice’s assistant attorney general for environment and natural resources for the past year, submitted her letter of resignation Monday saying that she intends to return to the private sector. Wooldridge had served as Interior Department solicitor and as deputy chief of staff to then-Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton before moving to Justice in November 2005. According to the Post, Wooldridge was not available for comment about her departure.
According to the Post, Wooldridge had been (still is) dating former deputy secretary of the interior, J. Steven Griles. Again, according to the Post, the Department of Justice has notified Griles that he is a target in the public corruption investigation of Jack Abramoff’s lobbying activities. The DOJ is investigating whether Griles made false statements to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in 2005 about job discussions Abramoff initiated while Griles was deputy secretary.
Who says the environmental practice area is not fun . . ..
More later,
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