Patrick Fitzgerald
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Patrick Fitzgerald is an American lawyer and former U.S. Attorney best known for serving as the special prosecutor in the investigation of the Valerie Plame CIA leak case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patrick Fitzgerald canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11602182 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Fitzgerald Context triple: [Madeleine Potter, spouse, Patrick Fitzgerald]
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A.
Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller is an American lawyer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who later served as Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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B.
John W. Carlin
John W. Carlin is an American politician and public official who served as Governor of Kansas before later becoming the Archivist of the United States.
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C.
Robert Muller
Robert Muller was a British television writer and dramatist known for his work on series such as "Out of the Unknown" and "Supernatural."
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D.
Alex De Rakoff
Alex De Rakoff is a British film and music video director known for his work on high-profile pop videos and feature films.
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E.
Richard Mueller
Richard Mueller is a physicist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, known for his work in astrophysics, geophysics, and climate science communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Fitzgerald Target entity description: Patrick Fitzgerald is an American lawyer and former U.S. Attorney best known for serving as the special prosecutor in the investigation of the Valerie Plame CIA leak case.
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A.
Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller is an American lawyer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who later served as Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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B.
John W. Carlin
John W. Carlin is an American politician and public official who served as Governor of Kansas before later becoming the Archivist of the United States.
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C.
Robert Muller
Robert Muller was a British television writer and dramatist known for his work on series such as "Out of the Unknown" and "Supernatural."
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D.
Alex De Rakoff
Alex De Rakoff is a British film and music video director known for his work on high-profile pop videos and feature films.
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E.
Richard Mueller
Richard Mueller is a physicist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, known for his work in astrophysics, geophysics, and climate science communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ prosecutor ⓘ |
| appointedBy | George W. Bush ⓘ |
| awardReceived | John Jay Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Amherst College
ⓘ
Harvard College ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard University
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| employer |
Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
criminal law
ⓘ
federal prosecution ⓘ |
| genre |
national security cases
ⓘ
public corruption prosecutions ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
federal grand jury investigations
ⓘ
indictment of I. Lewis Libby ⓘ prosecution of terrorism cases in New York federal court ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasPart | role as lead prosecutor in Scooter Libby trial ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction |
Northern District of Illinois
ⓘ
Southern District of New York ⓘ |
| legalSpecialty |
public corruption
ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ white-collar crime ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| notableCase |
United States v. I. Lewis Libby
ⓘ
Valerie Plame CIA leak case ⓘ
linked to:
Valerie Plame affair
terrorism prosecutions in the Southern District of New York ⓘ |
| notableFor | serving as special prosecutor in the Valerie Plame CIA leak investigation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Valerie Plame CIA leak investigation
ⓘ
linked to:
Valerie Plame affair
public corruption investigations in Illinois ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
prosecutor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Special Counsel
ⓘ
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois ⓘ |
| residence | Illinois ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Chicago
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Patrick Fitzgerald Description of subject: Patrick Fitzgerald is an American lawyer and former U.S. Attorney best known for serving as the special prosecutor in the investigation of the Valerie Plame CIA leak case.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.