Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department's Criminal Division speaks during a news ...

A familiar face will head the table on Friday when a new state task force convenes in Baton Rouge to begin work on creating a "felony class system," with the goal of making prison sentences and ...

Update: After Gambit went to press, it was announced President Donald Trump asked all remaining United States attorneys to resign, including U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite in New Orleans, who already ...

WASHINGTON – New Orleans native Kenneth Polite Jr., a former U.S. attorney who became head of the Justice Department's criminal division two years ago, will step down from that role July 28. The ...

After more than three years in office as the city’s top federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite is stepping down. Polite’s resignation, announced March 10, is effective March 24. Polite has ...

U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite Jr. announced Friday that he is resigning effective March 24. And for the first time, he did not reject the idea of running for political office in New Orleans. "At this ...

U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite. who took the top U.S. Justice Department job in the Eastern District of Louisiana in September, made one of his first public appearances last week since taking the job.

Former U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite Jr., whose plans for a leisurely exit from his post were upended when the Trump administration called for his immediate resignation last month, has accepted a job ...