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Under Graves, the US Attorney's Office declined to prosecute 67% of those arrested for crimes in DC in 2022, including 72% of misdemeanor arrests and 53% of felony arrests.
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reported in 2021 that Graves also represented Gazprom Neft, "a Russian state-owned energy company with a market cap north of $ 30 billion."
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nominated Graves to serve in the role. On September 23, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by
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After graduating law school, Graves began his legal career as a
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and foreign banks accused of financing terrorism, including
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Bonessi, Dominique Maria; Kurzius, Rachel (July 26, 2021).
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against Graves for his prosecution of participants in the
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Graves was recommended as U.S. attorney by Delegate
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United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Joe Biden
Channing D. Phillips
Reading, Pennsylvania
Washington and Lee University
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Yale University
JD
United States attorney for the District of Columbia
Reading, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts
Washington and Lee University
Juris Doctor
Yale Law School
law clerk
Richard W. Roberts
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
WilmerHale
assistant United States attorney
the District of Columbia
DLA Piper
DLA Piper
Qatar
Bank of Palestine
Bank of Beirut
Politico
Eleanor Holmes Norton
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