(29 Sep 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT AMY DAVIS/THE BALTIMORE SUN
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Washington – 25 June 2023
1. STILL of Hunter Biden walking with backpack
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Baltimore, Maryland – 21 February 2018
2. STILL of prosecutor Leo Wise
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Wilmington, Delaware – 26 July 2023
3. STILL of Hunter Biden
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Denver, Colorado – 12 April 2007
4. STILL of Leo Wise, left, and Colleen Conry, right, heading into court
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Washington – 28 September 2023
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, Associated Press:
“My name is Eric Tucker, and I cover the FBI, Justice Department and national Security for the Associated Press as the Hunter Biden prosecution moves forward, one name worth knowing is Leo Wise. He is a lead prosecutor on the special counsel team that is investigating and now prosecuting the son of President Joe Biden. Hunter Biden is due in court in Wilmington, Delaware, next week for his arraignment, where he’s expected to plead not guilty. Inside the courtroom, he’s going to encounter Leo Wise. Wise is a very interesting character in this prosecution because he is a veteran assistant United States attorney in Baltimore.”
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Baltimore, Maryland – 27 February 2007
6. STILL of Baltimore skyline
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Baltimore, Maryland – 23 December 2019
7. STILL of Wise and others at press conference
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Baltimore, Maryland – 27 February 2020
8. STILL of former Mayor Catherine Pugh
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Washington – 28 September 2023
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, Associated Press:
“Over more than a decade as an assistant U.S. attorney in Baltimore, Wise has brought criminal cases against some of the most prominent public figures in Baltimore. And he’s won convictions against multiple significant people. One of those is the former mayor of the city, Catherine Pugh. Another is a police commissioner. He also has a pending case in Baltimore against the former state’s attorney, the top local prosecutor. And he’s regarded as someone who is unflinching in his pursuit of what he believes to be justice. He has been impervious to political considerations, but it’s also worth noting that he’s a fairly controversial figure in the city. Some of the cases that he’s brought has really riled the city’s legal community.”
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Baltimore, Maryland – 21 February 2018
10. STILL of prosecutor Leo Wise and Derek Hines
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ARCHIVE: Wilmington, Delaware – 26 July 2023
11. Hunter Biden arriving at court
12. Hunter Biden leaving court
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Washington – 28 September 2023
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, Associated Press:
STORYLINE:
Before he was assigned to investigate President Joe Biden’s son, Leo Wise built a reputation in Baltimore as a tough and hard-charging federal prosecutor, taking on powerful figures, whether a gang of corrupt cops, a police commissioner, a top local prosecutor or even the city’s mayor.
Associated Press reporter Eric Tucker says Wise’s work as prosecutor for more than a decade in Baltimore has at times riled the city.
“He’s regarded as someone who is unflinching in his pursuit of what he believes to be justice. He has been impervious to political considerations, but it’s also worth noting that he’s a fairly controversial figure in the city. Some of the cases that he’s brought has really riled the city’s legal community,” Tucker said.
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