New Jersey Democratic Representatives Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell will testify on Tuesday at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law’s hearing on deferred prosecution agreements.
Pascrell had requested the hearings in November, after it was reported that U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie assigned his former boss, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, to an a federal oversight contract with a medical implant device company worth between $27 and $52 million.
Pallone is authoring legislation to change the way deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) are assigned.
Also testifying during the hearing will be Ashcroft; David Nahmias, the U.S. Attorney for Georgia’s Northern District; attorney Timothy Dickinson; attorney George Terwilliger and University of Virginia law professor Brandon Garrett. Pallone and Pascrell had pushed for Christie to testify, but the Justice Department agreed to send Nahmias instead.
The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, March 11th at 10:30 a.m.
