Article: U.S. attorney ignored staff in Kaufmann case Records show prosecutors didn't think car dealer should be released early

U.S. Attorney Thomas P. Schneider ignored advice from veteran prosecutors in his own office in helping spring money launderer Harry Kaufmann early from federal prison, newly released court records show.

The records show that career prosecutors rejected Kaufmann's request for a sentence reduction before Schneider and his top deputy quietly started negotiations with Kaufmann's attorney that got Kaufmann out of prison 17 months early.

The records also lend support to a top federal agent's allegations that Schneider and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Barbara Berman bent the rules by going around veteran prosecutors to reduce Kaufmann's prison term by one-third. The records also reveal that U.S. ...

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