Media reports concerning the United States Department of Justice’s filing of a May 7, 2020, motion to dismiss the criminal case against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn sparked host and attorney Michael Buckner’s curiosity as to which government agency was in charge of criminal investigations for the Justice Department prior to the 1908 creation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI. In the episode, Michael explores how the Justice Department investigated allegations of criminal wrongdoing in the 19th Century and early 1900s.
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Citations:
Evan Andrews, "10 Things You May Not Know About the Pinkertons," History.com (Aug. 22, 2018), available at: https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pinkertons.
Michael Birzer and Cliff Roberson eds. Introduction to Criminal Investigation (Routledge; September 26, 2011).
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Oliver Tatom, "Francis J. Heney (1859-1937)," The Oregon Encyclopedia (March 17, 2018), available at: https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/heney_francis_j_1859_1937_/#.XrVwQkRKjIU.
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