Melanie Sloan
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Melanie Sloan (b. 16 December 1965) is the Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
Sloan was born in Delaware.[1] She attended the University of Chicago and received her J.D. from University of Chicago Law School. After a career as a Democratic congressional staffer and a U.S. Attorney prosecuting sex crimes, she was approached by Norm Eisen to co-found CREW in 2003, and ran it single-handedly until 2005 when she began to be able to hire her own staff.[1]
She is now working with Joe Wilson[2]. She is a regular guest on Air America Radio's The Al Franken Show.
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[edit] Career
- 1998 - 2003: Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia
- 1995 - 1998: Minority Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee with John Conyers
- 1994: Counsel for the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee for Charles Schumer
- 1993: Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee under Joe Biden
- associate, Howrey and Simon, Washington, D.C.
- associate, Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal, Los Angeles, California
[edit] Hardball Controversy
When Sloan was a guest on Hardball with Chris Matthews in December 2006, she spoke openly about many details the trial of Scooter Libby. Following her appearance on the show, she drew a strong warning from Judge Reggie Walton. Walton admonished Sloan and stated that "the Court would not tolerate this case being tried in the media."[3]
[edit] References
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- ^ US Newswire CREW Announces Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson to Add Armitage to Civil Suit 9/13/2006 2:25:00 PM
- ^ "Attorney Admonished for Comments on Scooter Libby" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16313872/
[edit] External links
- Short biography from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington web site
- Curt Weldon outs Melanie Sloan as the source of FBI investigation against him: http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/blogs/index.php?page=post§ion=2&id=380
