S&P Prosecutor’s Stalled Nomination Is Bump in Fast-Track Career
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The Justice Department suit against Standard & Poor’s has entered a phase where lawyers spend months arguing over procedure, and progress is slim. Tony West, who’s overseeing the case. knows the feeling: His nomination to become the agency’s No. 3 official has been blocked for half a year.
West has run financial-crime prosecutions, led efforts to crack down on health-care fraud and navigated legal thickets ranging from the rights of gay partners to Guantanamo detainees. He once defended the “American Taliban” and raised millions for President Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign.