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By Richard A. Serrano,
The Los Angeles Times
Wednesday 14 March 2007
Washington - Just weeks after President Bush was inaugurated for a second term in January 2005, his White House and the
Department of Justice had pretty much settled on a plan to "push out" some of the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys.
But which ones?
D. Kyle Sampson, chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, came up with a checklist. He rated each of the
U.S. attorneys with criteria that appeared to value political allegiance as much as job performance.
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ThinkProgress.org
Tuesday 13 March 2007
In recent weeks, Congress has investigated the Bush administration's recent purge of qualified, well-respected U.S.
attorneys. But one former prosecutor - Frederick A. Black - has received little attention. The administration fired
Black shortly after he began investigating Jack Abramoff's dealings in Guam.
Today in a letter to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Reps. George Miller (D-CA) and Nick Rahall (D-WV) urge
Congress to investigate "the potential political manipulation by Jack Abramoff and his allies in Congress and the
Administration" in the Black case:
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By Richard B. Schmitt
The Los Angeles Times
Tuesday 13 March 2007
Washington - A top Senate Democrat today called for the resignation of Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales, charging that he
had deceived Congress in the widening scandal over the Justice Department's politically charged firing of U.S.
attorneys.
One day after D. Kyle Sampson, Gonzales' chief of staff, resigned, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the resignation
"does not take the heat off the attorney general. In fact, it raises the temperature."
Calling on Gonzales to resign, Schumer called on White House political guru Karl Rove and former White House Counsel
Harriett E. Miers to testify before House and Senate Judiciary Committee hearings without waiting for a subpoena.
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