Timothy M. Phelps
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Timothy M. Phelps covered the Justice Department and legal affairs in Washington, D.C. He was a reporter and editor for the Providence Journal, St. Petersburg Times, Baltimore Sun, New York Times and Newsday before joining the L.A. Times Washington Bureau as an editor in 2007. He was a foreign correspondent in the Middle East in the 1970s and the 1990s. Phelps covered the Supreme Court and Justice Department for Newsday in the 1990s, breaking the story of Anita Hill’s sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas. He is co-author of a book about the nomination, “Capitol Games.” He left The Times in 2015.
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When I first called Anita Hill in 1991 to ask her, out of the blue, if she had been sexually harassed by then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, she was very reluctant to give me any details.
Sept. 18, 2018
Ever wondered what it’s like to be pursued, badgered and threatened legally by a special counsel, like the one appointed last week to investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia?
May 24, 2017
Janet Reno, whose unusually long tenure as the United States’ first female attorney general began with a disastrous assault on cultists in Texas and ended after the dramatic raid that returned Elian Gonzalez to his Cuban father, has died after a years-long struggle with the debilitation of Parkinson’s disease.
Nov. 7, 2016
President Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 prisoners, including many who were expecting to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
Dec. 18, 2015
President Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 prisoners, including many who were expecting to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
Dec. 18, 2015
After a Chicago policeman shot to death 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, authorities waited 13 months to open a formal probe.
Dec. 14, 2015
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Dec. 7, 2015
The Justice Department’s widening probe of international soccer led to 16 high-ranking officials being indicted on corruption charges Thursday, including the presidents of two federations overseeing the sport in the Americas.
Dec. 3, 2015
A major human rights group urged the Justice Department to reopen long-closed criminal investigations into alleged CIA torture of detainees in overseas prisons after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Dec. 1, 2015