Senator Digs Into Past of Former U.S. Attorney in D.C. :: 06/19/2011

Senator Digs Into Past of Former U.S. Attorney in D.C.

The nomination of Wilma Lewis for a federal judgeship is giving one Republican senator a chance to revisit Lewis' tenure as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

Lewis has been nominated for U.S. District Court in the Virgin Islands, where she began her legal career. But from 1998 to 2001, she was the top prosecutor in Washington, a job that involves overseeing highly publicized criminal cases while surviving political infighting.

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