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The Washington Post: Hiring Process Was Bypassed for Prosecutor
When he was counsel to a House subcommittee in 2005, Jay Apperson resigned after writing a letter to a federal judge in
his boss's name. As an assistant US attorney in Virginia in the 1990s, he infuriated fellow prosecutors when he
facetiously suggested a White History Month to complement Black History Month. Yet when Apperson was looking for a job
recently, four senior Justice Department officials urged Jeffrey Taylor, the top federal prosecutor for the District of
Columbia, to hire him without the usual vetting process. Taylor did.
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The Kansas City Star: Another Senator Asked White House to Replace US Attorney
Sen. Kit Bond's (R-Missouri) staff, worried about a potential scandal over Missouri's fee offices, suggested two years
ago that the Bush administration should consider replacing then-US Attorney Todd Graves.
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