***MEDIA ADVISORY***
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Attorney General will hold a news conference, TODAY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2002 at 2:45 p.m. to announce a criminal matter. The Attorney General will be joined by FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Michael Chertoff and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Jane Boyle.

WHO: Attorney General Ashcroft

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff

U.S. Attorney Jane Boyle

WHAT: News Conference

WHEN: TODAY, DECEMBER 18, 2002 2:45p.m.

WHERE: Main Justice

951 Constitution Ave

7th Floor Conference Room

NOTE: Media interested in covering the event should arrive no earlier than 1:45p.m.. at the 951 Constitution entrance gates. The Department's Pennsylvania entrance gates are NO LONGER OPEN due to ongoing construction.

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