Robert Clark Corrente

[1] In May 2004, Corrente was nominated by President George W. Bush to fill the United States Attorney position left vacant by Margaret E. Curran the year before.

[2] A year before Corrente took office, allegation emerged that Rhode Island State Senator John Celona had accepted money and gifts from CVS, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, and Roger Williams Hospital.

In fact, Corrente announced that the office was pursuing 14 active investigations of seven politicians and seven corporations for corruption schemes similar to that of the Celona case.

[6][7] CVS executives Carlos Ortiz and John R. Kramer were indicted in January 2007 for allegedly bribing Celona.

[8] Corrente resigned as U. S. Attorney on June 26, 2009, and joined the private law firm Burns & Levinson.