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The U.S. Department of Justice launched a "terribly flawed" criminal case against a drug distributor and several individuals amid pressure to alleviate Appalachia's opioid crisis, and a newly confirmed U.S. attorney displayed "courage and guts" by ending the case last month, defense counsel told Law360 in an expansive interview.
Jim Barclay, 74 has fought to clear his name in federal court since his arrest in 2019.
The former compliance manager for a defunct drug distributor pled guilty on Wednesday to hiding his knowledge of the company's conspiracy to flood Appalachia with opioids as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, according to his case in Ohio federal court.