This article about dismissed U.S. attorneys summarizes the circumstances surrounding a number of U.S. attorneys dismissed from office in the United States Department of Justice in 2006. Eight were dismissed In December 2006, and others may have been forced out of office under similar circumstances in 2005 and 2006. The manner of the firings, the congressional response to them, and the explanations offered by Bush administration officials are aspects of a political controversy starting in the first quarter of 2007. As of May 2007 a clear explanation of why the attorneys were dismissed has not been put forward by the Bush administration or the Department of Justice leadership. There are in total 93 U.S. attorneys that serve 94 Federal district courts (two Pacific island territory districts share one attorney). Image File history File links Doj. ... United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. ... DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. Justice Department redirects here. ...

Main article: Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy

The dismissal of U.S. Attorneys controversy is an ongoing political dispute concerning the dismissal of nine United States Attorneys by the George W. Bush administration in December 2006, and their replacement by interim appointees. ...

List of dismissed attorneys

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Details about individual attorneys

Bud Cummins

Bud Cummins had been investigating allegations that Republican Missouri Governor Matt Blunt had "abused his power by forming a system of umbrella companies established through [the] Kansas City law firm Lathrop & Gage LC to run the state’s licensing network," and that he inappropriately rewarded his political supporters with lucrative contracts.^[2] Under pressure from the governor’s office, in October of 2006, Cummins publicly announced that the investigation was over.^[3] He was fired in December of 2006 and replaced with Timothy Griffin, a controversial former Karl Rove aide.^[4] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Harry Earnest Bud Cummins III, was born in Enid, Oklahoma. ... Matthew Roy (Matt) Blunt (born November 20, 1970) was elected Governor of Missouri on November 2, 2004. ... Timothy Griffin John Timothy Griffin (born 1970) is the current interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and has recently received attention in the 2006 Dismissal of U.S. Attorneys controversy when Bud Cummins was forced out. ... Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. ...

Cummins told the Senate Judiciary Committee "that Mike Elston, the deputy attorney general's top aide, threatened him with retaliation in a phone call last month if he went public."^[5] Emails show that Cummins passed on the warning to some of the other Attorneys who were fired.^[6] Elston acknowledges he told Cummins that he said "it's really a shame that all this has to come out in the newspaper," but claimed that this was not intended as a threat.^[7]

On March 23, 2007, the Washington Post reported that "New documents also show that Justice and White House officials were preparing for President Bush's approval of the appointment as early as last summer, five months before Griffin took the job."^[8] According to that article the e-mails are "evidence [that] runs contrary to assurances from Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales that no such move had been planned." March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... ... Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas, USA) is the current United States. ...

Carol Lam

The best known of the dismissed U.S. attorneys was Carol Lam, who had successfully prosecuted then Republican Congressman Duke Cunningham for corruption. On May 11, 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that her investigation had expanded to investigate Jerry Lewis, then chair of the House Appropriations Committee.^[9] On May 10, 2006, Lam had also notified the Justice Department that she intended to execute search warrants on a high-ranking CIA official.^[10] On May 11, Kyle Sampson urged the White House counsel's office to call him regarding "the real problem we have right now with Carol Lam."^[11] She continued to work as the events unfolded and ordered her staff to finish with the indictments they were working on before her last day in office. In February 2007, two days before her last, her office indicted Dusty Foggo, the former Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and a major campaign contributor Brent Wilkes (who was previously named on Cunningham's guilty plea).^[11] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Carol Chien-Hua Lam (born June 26, 1959), a former U.S. Attorney (interim) for the Southern District of California. ... Randy Duke Cunningham speaking January 2005 Randall Harold Duke Cunningham (born December 8, 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, is a Vietnam veteran, convicted felon and a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Californias 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... Charles Jeremy Jerry Lewis (born October 21, 1934), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1979, representing the 41st District of California. ... The Committee on Appropriations, or Appropriations Committee (often referred to as simply Appropriations, as in Hes on Appropriations) is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (131st in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). ... Kyle Dustin Dusty Foggo (born March 17, 1954) is an American spy who was the Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the third-ranking official in that organization. ... “CIA” redirects here. ... Brent R. Wilkes (born May 1954) is a defense contractor, who became well known for his involvement with the Duke Cunningham defense contracting scandal. ...

Kyle Sampson responded to the accusation that his statement that the "real problem" with Lam dealt with the Cunningham investigation. In his testimony before the Congress, Sampson stated that "There was never any connection in my mind between asking Carol Lam to resign and the public corruption case that her office was working on...The real problem ... was her office's prosecution of immigration cases."^[12] Sampson went on to say in his testimony that he was not aware of the connection between Lam and the Cunningham investigation. Sampson said, "I don't remember ever hearing about those searches, and I certainly didn't associate in my mind the idea of asking Carol Lam to resign with the fact that her office was doing an investigation of Mr. Foggo and Mr. Wilkes...That office's investigation and prosecution of Duke Cunningham was a good thing."^[12]

North County Times has quoted Republican Congressman Darrell Issa stating that he takes "maybe one-twentieth" of the responsibility for Lam's firing.^[13] On March 6, 2007, Issa made a statement at the United States House Committee on the Judiciary hearing.^[14] Justice Department officials told Senator Charles Schumer that Lam and others were terminated because of "performance-related" issues. However, Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty later "called [Schumer] on the phone and said, 'I am sorry that I didn't tell you the truth.'"^[11] The North County Times is a newspaper in north San Diego County, California, which also publishes The Californian in southwest Riverside County. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups (as of November 7, 2006 elections) Democratic Party Republican... Darrell E. Issa (pronounced Eye-suh) (born November 1, 1953) is an American politician and former CEO of a consumer electronics company. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (66th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, or (more commonly) the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... Charles Ellis Chuck Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is a Jewish American politician. ... Paul J. McNulty Paul J. McNulty (born January 21, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the retiring Deputy Attorney General of the United States, having previously served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. ...

David Iglesias

Allen Weh, chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party, said he complained in 2005 about then-U.S. Attorney David Iglesias to a White House aide for Karl Rove, asking that Iglesias be removed. Then in 2006 Rove personally told Weh “He’s gone.” Weh was dissatisfied with Iglesias due in part to his failure to indict Democrats in a voter fraud investigation. Weh followed up with, "There’s nothing we’ve done that’s wrong." In March 2007, the White House spokeswoman, Dana Perino, said Rove "wasn’t involved in who was going to be fired or hired."^[15] However, one of the stated reasons for Iglesias' dismissal, by Administration officials, was dissatisfaction in his prosecution of voter-fraud cases. Nevertheless, Iglesias "had been heralded for his expertise in that area by the Justice Department, which twice selected him to train other federal prosecutors to pursue election crimes" and was "one of two chief federal prosecutors invited to teach at a 'voting integrity symposium' in October 2005... sponsored by Justice's public integrity and civil rights sections."^[16] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Allen Weh has been the chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party since 2004, is a retired US Marine Corps Reserve officer, and is now president and CEO of CSI Aviation Services Inc. ... Official Justice Department photo David Iglesias (49) was appointed by President George W. Bush as the United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico in August 2001 and confirmed by the US Senate in October 2001. ... Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. ... Dana Marie Perino (born May 9, 1972) is the deputy White House Press Secretary, and director of communications for the press team. ...

In February 2007 Iglesias publicly alleged that "two lawmakers called him about a well-known criminal investigation involving a Democratic legislator" and that "the lawmakers who called him seemed focused on whether charges would be filed before the November elections.^[17] He said the calls made him feel 'pressured to hurry the subsequent cases and prosecutions.'"^[18] (U.S. Attorneys in Arizona, Nevada and California were also conducting corruption probes involving Republicans at the time of their dismissals.)^[18] According to and later confirmed prior to the 2006 midterm election, Heather Wilson and Pete Domenici called and "pressured" Iglesias "to speed up indictments in a federal corruption investigation that involved at least one former Democratic state senator." When Iglesias told Domenici that an indictment wouldn't be handed down until at least December, Iglesias said "the line went dead," and he was fired one week later by the Bush Administration. After intially denying the call, Domenici admitted making it in March 2007. According to the Washington Post, "A communication by a senator or House member with a federal prosecutor regarding an ongoing criminal investigation is a violation of ethics rules."^[19] Domenici admitted calling Iglesias despite the initial denial, but Domenici said he never used the word "November" when he called Iglesias about an ongoing Albuquerque courthouse corruption case.^[20] Domenici has denied trying to influence Iglesias, and has hired lawyer K. Lee Blalack II to represent him.^[21] According to the Justice Department, Domenici called the Department and demanded Iglesias be replaced on four occasions.^[22] On the day that Iglesias was fired, Harriet Miers' deputy William Kelley wrote that Domenici's chief of staff "is happy as a clam" about Iglesias and a week later Sampson wrote that "Domenici is going to send over names tomorrow (not even waiting for Iglesias's body to cool)."^[23] Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      The 2006 United States midterm elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. ... Heather A. Wilson (born December 30, 1960), is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Mexicos 1st congressional district. ... Pietro Pete Vichi Domenici (born May 7, 1932) is a powerful Republican United States senator from New Mexico. ... ...

Rep. Heather Wilson also called and "pressured New Mexico U.S. attorney David Iglesias to speed up indictments in a federal corruption investigation that involved at least one former Democratic state senator. Wilson was curt after Iglesias was non-responsive to her questions about whether an indictment would be unsealed." Iglesias was fired one week afterward by the Bush Administration. Ex-Governor David Cargo (R-NM) accused Wilson of "essentially taking the Fifth [Amendment]" defense thus far.^[24] Heather A. Wilson (born December 30, 1960), is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Mexicos 1st congressional district. ... David Francis Cargo (born January 13, 1929) is a Republican politician from the state of New Mexico. ...

DOJ also received complaints from "two prominent Republican attorneys, Mickey Barnett and Patrick J. Rogers, [who] met last June with Gonzales's senior counsel, Monica Goodling, to complain that Iglesias was inattentive to voter fraud. Goodling met with them after Kyle Sampson sent her an email saying, "It is sensitive -- perhaps you should do it."^[16][25] Monica Marie Goodling (born August 6, 1973) is a former United States lawyer and political appointee in the administration of President George W. Bush. ... D. Kyle Sampson was the Chief of Staff and Counselor of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. ...

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., issued subpoenas on March 1 requiring Iglesias, among other recently ousted U.S. attorneys, to testify before Congress about their firings.^[26] Then on March 21, Iglesias wrote an opinion piece that was published in the New York Times.^[27] In that article he stated that "it seems clear that politics played a role in the ousters...[M]y name was added to a list of United States attorneys who would be asked to resign — even though I had excellent office evaluations, the biggest political corruption prosecutions in New Mexico history, a record number of overall prosecutions and a 95 percent conviction rate. (In one of the documents released this week, I was deemed a “diverse up and comer” in 2004. Two years later I was asked to resign with no reasons given.)...[the fired U.S. attorneys] had apparently been singled out for political reasons."^[27] John Conyers, Jr. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (81st in leap years). ...

In addition, Iglesias responded to critics about his failure to pursue voter fraud cases: "As this story has unfolded these last few weeks, much has been made of my decision to not prosecute alleged voter fraud in New Mexico. Without the benefit of reviewing evidence gleaned from F.B.I. investigative reports, party officials in my state have said that I should have begun a prosecution...After reviewing more than 100 complaints of voter fraud, I felt there was one possible case that should be prosecuted federally. I worked with the F.B.I. and the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section. As much as I wanted to prosecute the case, I could not overcome evidentiary problems. The Justice Department and the F.B.I. did not disagree with my decision in the end not to prosecute."^[27] The Public Integrity Section is a section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice charged with combating political corruption at all levels of government through the prosecution of corrupt federal, state, and local elected and appointed public officials. ...

John McKay

Until his dismissal, John McKay received very positive evaluations for his work, including the successful prosecution of terrorist Ahmed Ressam, and the Navy's highest civilian honor for promoting a computer network co-ordinating law enforcement agencies.^[28] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... John McKay (born 19 June 1956 in Seattle, Washington) is the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington. ... This photograph of Ahmed Ressam was seen on televisions across the U.S. following his arrest. ...

In February, the Seattle Times noted that "One of the most persistent rumors in Seattle legal circles is that the Justice Department forced McKay, a Republican, to resign to appease Washington state Republicans angry over the 2004 governor's race. Some believe McKay's dismissal was retribution for his failure to convene a federal grand jury to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the race."^[29] On March 17, 2007, the Seattle Times reported, "Former Republican congressman Rick White, one of three candidates the Republicans have submitted to replace John McKay as U.S. attorney for Western Washington, cannot practice law in the state."^[30] 2004 Gubernatorial Election County Map of Washington. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... The daily Seattle Times is the leading newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. ... Richard Alan White (born 6 November 1953), an American politician, served in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. ...

In a March 20, 2007 interview, McKay said that “Gonzales the attorney general...He’s accountable. The fact that he’s presiding over a department that did not defend the independence of its prosecutors is a grievous error.”^[31] McKay also recalled a call from the chief of staff of Congressman Doc Hastings (R-WA) inquiring into the investigation. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Fourth Congressional District of Washington Richard Norman Doc Hastings (born February 7, 1941), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the Fourth Congressional District of Washington. ...

McKay disputed that his firing was based on his support of a proposed information sharing system for federal and state law enforcement, which some DOJ e-mails have suggested. “When they go back and keep shifting stories it tends to indicate there’s a more nefarious reason that they’re not willing to admit to...That’s the real problem, and in my case it may be true because if they put me on that list because I wasn’t aggressive enough in ensuring that the Republican candidate for governor was elected, then that’s a terrible thing. I still haven’t seen clear evidence of that, but the timing is very suspicious.” McKay stated.^[31]

Prior to his firing McKay had been up for a federal judge position, but had been opposed by all three Republicans on the committee. McKay said that he was told by a source that “the explanation for why I was not one of the three finalists was that I had mishandled the 2004 governor’s election.”^[31] McKay also stated that in his judgeship interview the first question he was asked was about the 2004 race. “I’m in the White House on Aug. 22, I’m on the list [to be fired] on Sept. 13...I might still be United States attorney if I hadn’t applied to be a judge.”

McKay reported a similar call from Mike Elston, the deputy attorney general's top aide, as Cummings did. McKay stated that after he was fired in December he received a call from a "clearly nervous" Elston. McKay charged that "(Elston) was offering me a deal: you stay silent and the attorney general won't say anything bad about you." Elston responded to this accusation by stating that he "can't imagine" how McKay got that impression and that the call was meant to reassure McKay that the details of his termination would not be discussed.^[7]

In a May 5, 2007 article, the Washington Post reported that McKay may have in part been dismissed due to conflicts with his superiors in Washington concerning the investigation of the murder of Assistant United States Attorney Thomas C. Wales. ^[32] May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... ... Thomas C. Wales (1952-2001) was a federal prosecutor and gun control advocate from Seattle, Washington, who was the victim of an unresolved assassination. ...

McKay had felt that Washington was neglecting the case. The Post reported McKay's reaction to the news:

"The idea that I was pushing too hard to investigate the assassination of a federal prosecutor -- it's mind-numbing" that they would suggest that, McKay said. " . . . If it's true, it's just immoral, and if it's false, then the idea that they would use the death of Tom Wales to cover up what they did is just unconscionable."

Daniel Bogden

Daniel Bogden was the United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Justice officials initially told Congress that his dismissal was "performance reasons." But Deputy Attorney General William Moschella later told a House subcommittee "no particular deficiencies" in Bogden's performance existed.^[33] In November of 2006, Bogden referred to the FBI allegations that Republican Congressman Jon Porter had committed campaign finance crimes by making fundraising calls from his government offices.^[34] It was during Bogden's tenure that the Republican former Congressman (now Nevada Governor) Jim Gibbons was the subject of a federal investigation into suspected bribes by the owner of a defense contractor for which Gibbons had earmarked several millions of dollars.^[35] ... Jonathan Christopher Jon Porter (born May 16, 1955), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, the first representative elected from the new 3rd Congressional district of Nevada, which includes much of suburban Las Vegas. ... Jim Gibbons may refer to: Jim Gibbons (United States politician) (born 1944), Republican governor of Nevada. ...

Emails disclosed to Congress revealed that Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty told Kyle Sampson, Alberto Gonzales's chief of staff, that he had second thoughts about the firing of Bodgen. Bogden's record showed no obvious problems with performance or differences in policy. McNulty stated in the e-mail on December 5, 2006 that he was "a little skittish about Bogden...He has been with DOJ since 1990 and, at age 50, has never had a job outside of government. My guess is he was hoping to ride this out well into '09 or beyond. I'll admit [I] have not looked at his district's performance."^[36] Paul J. McNulty Paul J. McNulty (born January 21, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the retiring Deputy Attorney General of the United States, having previously served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. ... D. Kyle Sampson was the Chief of Staff and Counselor of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

When Bogden was fired, Senator John Ensign, who had originally nominated him, was decidedly unhappy, particularly after hearing explanations by the Justice Department of the reasons. Ensign commented: "What the Justice Department testified yesterday is inconsistent with what they told me. I can't even tell you how upset I am at the Justice Department."^[33] A week later, Ensign said "I'm calling on the President of the United States and the attorney general to restore Dan Bogden's reputation....Everyone in Nevada thought Dan had done a superb job....I believe a very good man was wronged and a process was flawed."^[37] John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is the junior United States Senator from Nevada. ...

Paul Charlton

Paul Charlton's Arizona office had been honored with the Federal Service Award and hailed by the Justice Department as a "model program" for its protection of crime victims.^[38] Charlton ranked in the top third among the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys in contributing to an overall 106,188 federal prosecutions filed in 2006; scored in the top third in number of convictions; oversaw a district in the top five highest in number of immigration-related prosecutions; ranked among the top 20 offices for drug prosecutions; and, unlike in the other seven cases, ranked high in weapons cases, prosecuting 199 of the United States' 9,313 such cases in 2006, the tenth-highest in the country and up fourfold from 2002.^[39][40] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Paul K. Charlton was one of eight U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush administration in 2006 for performance-related issues under a controversial clause of the PATRIOT Act (see Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy). ...

In February 2005, Charlton had been on the "retain" list of Kyle Sampson, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez's chief of staff, but in September of 2006 Sampson included the Arizona prosecutor on another list of U.S. attorneys 'we now should consider pushing out.'"^[41] Some have insinuated that the change in the status of Charlton might have been related to Charlton's launching an investigation of Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz after his previous "retain" ranking in February 2005, but there is no direct evidence of this relation.^[41] Sampson made the comment in a September 13, 2006, letter to then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers.^[38] Charlton announced his resignation on December 19, 2006.^[42] D. Kyle Sampson was the Chief of Staff and Counselor of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. ... Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas, USA) is the current United States. ... Richard George Rick Renzi (born June 11, 1958) is an American politician and has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Arizonas 1st congressional district (map). ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945 in Dallas, Texas) is an American lawyer, and former White House Counsel. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

On March 19, 2007, the White House released 3,000 pages of records connected to the controversy, including e-mails sent by Charlton to the Justice Department about his dismissal. On December 21, 2006, Charlton sent a message to William W. Mercer, the third-ranking official in the department, writing, "Media now asking if I was asked to resign over leak in Congressman Renzi investigation." Charlton never received a response.^[43] March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... William W. Mercer is a United States Attorney for the for the District of Montana, as well as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice. ...

A second motivation for removing Charlton may have been the suggestions of Justice official Brent Ward, who said in a September 20, 2006, e-mail that Charlton was "unwilling to take good cases." Ward's reason for discounting Charlton appeared to be the U.S. attorney's reluctance to pursue obscenity charges against adult video manufacturers in connection to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's Obscenity Prosecution Task Force.^[38] September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Charlton had clashed with the Bush Administration over the death penalty; in at least two cases he did not seek capital punishment but was overruled from Washington.^[44][45] George W. Bush administration is the administration of the 43rd president of the United States of America, 2001-present George H. W. Bush administration is the administration of the 41st president of the United States of America, 1989-1993 This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ...

After a disagreement over tape-recording interviews and confessions by the FBI on American Indian reservations, which Charlton supported and the Justice Department opposed, Charlton offered to resign. In his congressional testimony on March 6, 2007, Charlton said he found "no small amount of irony" in the fact that he was eventually fired.^[45] BIA map of Indian reservations in the continental United States. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (66th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...

Kevin Ryan

The LA Times reported on March 22, 2007, that Kevin Ryan was a loyal Bush supporter and that the only reason the DOJ fired him was because his poor performance could cause a public relations problem. The Times reported that Ryan's problems in office were "well documented in legal newspapers" but that "Justice officials wanted to keep Ryan on, even as they plotted the firings of other U.S. attorneys."^[46] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (82nd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Kevin V. Ryan was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California on May 15, 2002. ...

The article goes on to state that it was only after a judge threatened to report this information to Congress publicly that Ryan was put on the list to be fired.^[46]

Margaret Chiara

Margaret Chiara

On March 23, 2007, the New York Times reported that Margaret Chiara, the former U.S. Attorney for western Michigan, was told by a senior Justice Department official that she was being removed to make way for a new attorney that the Bush administration wanted to groom. “To say it was about politics may not be pleasant, but at least it is truthful,” Chiara said. “Poor performance was not a truthful explanation.”^[47] AP reported that during her tenure, "the jurisdiction has seen a 15 percent increase in felony prosecutions and convictions. She developed an attorney training and mentoring program that now serves as a national model, her office said."^[47] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... ...

Chiara wrote in an email recounting her conversation with Elston that he told her that she had “erroneously assumed that good service guaranteed longevity,” and noted that she and other prosecutors were “being asked for their resignations without good cause.”^[47]

Todd Graves

U.S. Attorney for Western Missouri Todd Graves was listed on the list that the DOJ created in January 2006 and was replaced by another U.S. Attorney who was one of the first to be appointed using the provision enabled by the Patriot Act. Graves resigned in 2006 after refusing to "sign off" on a voter-registration lawsuit that was filed against the state of Missouri by acting assistant attorney general, Bradley Schlozman. Schlozman replaced Graves two weeks after Graves' resignation without Senate confirmation. After being appointed, Schlozman brought the voter-fraud lawsuit against ACORN shortly before the Missouri Senate election date.^[48] Schlozman returned to work for the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. in April 2007 shortly before a federal judge dismissed the voter-fraud lawsuit.^[49] More than a year after his resignation, in May 2007, Graves confirmed for the first time that he was forced out.^[50] U.S. Attorney Todd Graves, announcing his resignation on March 10, 2006 Todd Graves was United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. ... Bradley Schlozman Bradley J. Schlozman (born February 6, 1971) was the head of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, until he served a year as interim US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

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References

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• House Judiciary Committee home page with links to documents (PDF) related to controversy. Some of the pdfs released by the House are text-searchable. However, the 3,000 pages released on 3/19/07 are not. Text-searchable versions of these documents.

• Links to documents released on 3/23/07. McClatchy Newspapers.

Senate Judiciary committee

• Is the DOJ Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing February 6, 2007.

• Consideration of issuing subpoenas to former United States Attorneys. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (March 1, 2007).

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• Links to C-SPAN recordings of hearings and press conferences

Commentary, analysis, time lines

• Washington Post in-depth coverage site on firings: Special Reports: U.S. Attorney Firings Investigation. WashingtonPost.com.

• Inside the U.S. Attorneys Emails: Major Players and Themes, good summary by the Wall Street Journal highlighting the most significant of the emails.

• 2006 Dismissal of U.S. Attorneys controversy. Discourse DB (political commentary database).

• Allegra Hartley Timeline: How the U.S. Attorneys Were Fired U.S. News and World Report April 18, 2007. Retreived April 18, 2007.

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• Eggen, Dan. "Prosecutor Firings Not Political, Gonzales Says", Washington Post, January 19, 2007, pp. Page A02. 

• Eisenstein, James. Counsel for the United States: U.S. Attorneys in the Political and Legal Systems. Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University Press. 1978.

• Johnston, David. "Justice Dept. Names New Prosecutors, Forcing Some Out", New York Times, January 17, 2007. 

• Kane, Paul and Dan Eggen. "Gonzales Yields On Hiring Interim U.S. Attorneys", Washington Post, March 9, 2007, pp. Page A01.  Article on the hearings.

• Kelman, Laurie (March 1, 2007). Dems Seek Testimony From Fired Attorneys. Washington Post. Associated Press.

• Kiel, Paul. "BREAKING: House Committee to Subpoena Ousted Prosecutors", TPMmuckraker.com (news blog), March 1, 2007. 

• Marosi, Richard. "U.S. prosecutors quit in San Diego, S.F.", Los Angeles Times, January 17, 2007. 

• Thornton, Kelly and Onell R. Soto. "Job performance said to be behind White House firing", San Diego Union Tribune'', January 12, 2007. 

• Vicini, James. "Justice aide resigns over prosecutor firings", Reuters, March 13, 2007.  Wire article on Congressional supoenas issued to attorneys.

• Whitford, Andrew B. "Bureaucratic Discretion, Agency Structure,and Democratic Responsiveness: The Case of the United States Attorneys." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 12, No. 1: 3-27 (2002). Public Management Research Association.