Legal Commentary

Former Bush Attorney Charged With Attempting to Kill Wife

By Jeralyn

In a very ugly case of alleged domestic violence, John Farren, former Deputy Counsel to George W. Bush, is charged with attempting to kill his wife, a lawyer with Skadden, Arps in Washington. The incident occurred at their home in New Canaan, CT.

Police said Farren attacked his wife at their New Canaan home Wednesday night. According to police, she passed out during the attack but regained consciousness and fled with their children to the house of a neighbor, who called 911. There, police found her bleeding from her head, face and body.

She is reportedly at Norwalk Hospital in stable condition with a broken jaw, a broken nose and other injuries.

He is being held on a $2 million bond and appeared in court with bandages on his face and neck -- perhaps self-inflicted. He allegedly tried to kill himself two days before the attack when his wife served him with divorce papers. He's on a suicide watch. [More....]

The judge ordered Farren not to have contact with his wife or their two young children and to surrender his passport.

Farren was appointed as deputy counsel under Fred Fielding in June 2007. Before that, he served as general counsel to the Xerox Corporation. According to his White House personnel announcement, he had also worked in the Commerce Department and was the deputy director of President George H.W. Bush's transition team.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).