"Theodore V. "Ted" Wells, Jr." is a prominent criminal attorney. A litigation partner at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, the National Law Journal has selected Wells as one of America's best white-collar defense attorneys on numerous occasions. Wells received his B.A. from College of the Holy Cross, his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and his Juris Doctor/J.D. from Harvard Law School. He and his wife, former Secretary of State of New Jersey Nina Mitchell Wells, reside in Livingston, New Jersey.

Wells attended Holy Cross at the same time as Clarence Thomas, now a Supreme Court of the United States/Supreme Court justice. Both participated in a walkout based on their beliefs of unfair Racism/racially motivated practices, on the part of the college. The two were part of the same organization for African-American students at Holy Cross.

Wells represented Lewis Libby/Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr., who was convicted on March 6, 2007, in the CIA leak grand jury investigation for perjury, obstruction of justice, and lying to the FBI. Wells filed an appeal of Libby's convictions, but dropped the appeal in December 2007 after President Bush commuted Libby's 30-month prison sentence.

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We are concerned that the department's view of the law may now change because there is a new administration, and it is expedient to investigate an outspoken Democratic senator in a climate of political uncertainty in the Senate.

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In pleading not guilty, he has declared to the world that he is innocent. He has declared that intends to fight the charges in the indictment, and he has declared that he wants to clear his good name ... he wants a jury trial. We do not intend to fight this in the press.

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The mammoth, nine-month trial has really been rendered moot by the passage of time.

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The Justice Department came to believe that cooperation from corporations wasn't real cooperation. And so the Department, in the Thompson memo, demanded 'authentic' cooperation from corporations. And now it's getting it.

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Hopefully, as information is obtained from reporters like Bob Woodward, the real facts will come out.

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Ten years ago, it was – save the individuals and plead the corporation. Now, things have radically changed and it's totally reversed.

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Whether the price of the cessation program is $130 billion or $10 billion or 99 cents, it is still a fatally flawed program.

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Now, the government has set up a system where it's – save the corporation by sacrificing the individuals. The independent directors hire a law firm, which becomes in effect a deputized prosecutor. And the individual executives are sacrificed to save the corporation.

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He has declared to the world that he is innocent. He wants to clear his good name, and he wants a jury trial.

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