1128:'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. 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.
932:, said Rove "wasn't involved in who was going to be fired or hired." 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."
1327:, 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." 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."
994:. In that article he stated that "it seems clear that politics played a role in the ousters...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.)... had apparently been singled out for political reasons."
1303:, 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." 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."
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that her office was working on...The real problem ... was her office's prosecution of immigration cases." 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."
1219:. On May 10, 2006, Lam had also notified the Justice Department that she intended to execute search warrants on a high-ranking CIA official. 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." 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
1296:, 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 have not looked at his district's performance."
1352:, an acting assistant attorney general, who became 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-fraud lawsuit that was filed against the state of Missouri by Schlozman. Schlozman was appointed without Senate confirmation two weeks after Graves' resignation. Schlozman then brought indictments against four voter-registration workers of
955:, "A communication by a senator or House member with a federal prosecutor regarding an ongoing criminal investigation is a violation of ethics rules." 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. Domenici has denied trying to influence Iglesias, and has hired lawyer
1356:, a Democratic-leaning group, several days before the Missouri Senate election date. 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. More than a year after his resignation, in May 2007, Graves confirmed for the first time that he had been forced out.
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corruption and vote-buying investigation and never told why he was fired. A spokesman for the White House stated that: "The notion that the termination was political is absolutely false...We encourage Mr. Warner to provide the department with a written privacy waiver and we will be happy to provide you with the reason for his removal."
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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.
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Lathrop & Gage LC to run the state's licensing network," and that he inappropriately rewarded his political supporters with lucrative contracts. Under pressure from the governor's office, in
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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. In November
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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." Emails show that Cummins passed on the warning to some of the other Attorneys who were fired. Elston acknowledges he
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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
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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
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is frequently associated with those dismissed on December 7 because he announced his resignation in mid-December, effective December 20, 2006. However, Cummins had been informed of his pending dismissal in June 2006. Cummins' dismissal received significant attention from the media and from
1139:'s chief of staff, but in September 2006 Sampson included the Arizona prosecutor on another list of U.S. attorneys 'we now should consider pushing out.'" Some have insinuated that the change in the status of Charlton might have been related to Charlton's launching an investigation of Rep.
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552:, have made public statements claiming that there may be similarities between their dismissals and those of the nine attorneys fired in 2006. To date, their cases have received significantly less attention from the media in comparison to the attorneys fired in 2006.
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feel 'pressured to hurry the subsequent cases and prosecutions.'" (U.S. Attorneys in Arizona, Nevada and California were also conducting corruption probes involving Republicans at the time of their dismissals.) According to and later confirmed prior to the
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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.
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2988:Hearings and Press Conferences: Video Recordings
2691:"E-mails lay out plan to dismiss U.S. attorneys"
2615:Missouri Prosecutor Says He Was Pushed to Resign
2602:Attorneys Scandal May Be Tied to Missouri Voting
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18:Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy timeline
2433:
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2380:, The Associated Press, Friday, March 30, 2007.
2168:"Emails detail plans for firing U.S. attorneys"
1620:", February 28, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2007.
206:, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General
3175:"Justice aide resigns over prosecutor firings"
2501:Eggen, Dan and John Solomon (March 20, 2007).
1919:"McKay got good review 7 months before ouster"
1763:Eggen, Dan and John Solomon (March 13, 2007).
1618:Fired U.S. attorney alleges political pressure
1566:"Report: Rove was urged to oust U.S. attorney"
1483:United States House Committee on the Judiciary
1255:United States House Committee on the Judiciary
148:, former counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee
2815:"Justice Admits U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out"
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2190:"Timeline: How the U.S. Attorneys Were Fired"
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880:Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices
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134:, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General
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2482:"Unreported Gifts: Gibbons denies FBI probe"
2269:"U.S. attorneys often clash with Washington"
2244:"Charlton exit linked to death penalty push"
1965:"U.S. attorney candidate can't practice law"
1421:After the revelations of the other firings,
3043:Timeline: How the U.S. Attorneys Were Fired
2910:Text-searchable versions of these documents
1551:Number of articles returned via LexisNexis
544:Two U.S. Attorneys who were fired in 2005,
3142:"U.S. prosecutors quit in San Diego, S.F."
3108:"Dems Seek Testimony From Fired Attorneys"
2758:Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein (2007-03-23).
1894:"Bush loyalist among fired U.S. attorneys"
1805:, March 3, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2007.
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39:the circumstances surrounding a number of
3048:April 18, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2007.
2929:Questions and Answers from U.S. Attorneys
1497:"McNulty, Justice Dept. No. 2, Resigning"
1080:(R-WA) inquiring into the investigation.
1068:reported, "Former Republican congressman
1472:Q & A from Committee for Bud Cummins
1188:
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194:, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General
3212:Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy
3092:Kane, Paul; Dan Eggen (March 9, 2007).
2869:"Ex-U.S. Attorney Questions Own Firing"
2299:"Lewis Surfaces in Probe of Cunningham"
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1223:, the former executive director of the
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31:Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy
2916:Links to documents released on 3/23/07
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2039:(March 19, 2007 issue). Archived from
1942:"Was McKay ousted over 2004 election?"
1819:. McClatchy Newspapers. Archived from
1795:GOP VIPs ponder David Iglesias fallout
1654:"Senator Admits Calling U.S. Attorney"
1459:"List of 8 dismissed U.S. prosecutors"
1335:Other U.S. Attorneys dismissed in 2006
382:U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
2620:May 10, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2007.
1205:for corruption. On May 11, 2006, the
429:U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
7:
3140:Marosi, Richard (January 17, 2007).
3079:Johnston, David (January 17, 2007).
2791:. The Arkansas Times. Archived from
3008:in-depth coverage site on firings:
2093:"The Porn Plot Against Prosecutors"
1998:Yardley, William (March 20, 2007).
1344:U.S. Attorney for Western Missouri
1227:, and a major campaign contributor
986:House Judiciary Committee Chairman
884:Informed of dismissal January 2006.
253:Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
45:United States Department of Justice
37:dismissed U.S. attorneys summarizes
2951:. February 6, 2007. Archived from
2838:Anderson, Justin T. (2007-05-15).
2660:Serrano, Richard A. (2007-03-16).
2531:. Associated Press. Archived from
2390:Bennett, William (March 5, 2007).
2267:Serrano, Richard A. (2007-03-11).
2220:"Renzi inquiry at issue in ouster"
14:
2900:Released Administration Documents
2116:Jordan, Lara Jakes (2007-03-21).
1022:reported on March 22, 2007, that
244:White House Deputy Chief of Staff
3173:Vicini, James (March 13, 2007).
3106:Kelman, Laurie (March 1, 2007).
3000:Commentary, analysis, time lines
1940:David Bowermaster (2007-02-16).
1917:David Bowermaster (2007-02-07).
1864:David Iglesia (March 21, 2007).
1161:Obscenity Prosecution Task Force
886:Informed of dismissal June 2006.
559:Dismissed U.S. attorneys summary
160:Western District of Pennsylvania
3059:Eggen, Dan (January 19, 2007).
2978:. March 1, 2007. Archived from
2551:Lipton, Eric (March 23, 2007).
2480:Vogel, Ed (February 16, 2007).
2392:"Issa to testify on Lam firing"
2188:Hartley, Allegra (2007-03-21).
1892:Dolan, Maura (March 22, 2007).
1299:When Bogden was fired, Senator
402:, Ranking member, former Chair
2246:. Associated Press. 2007-02-10
2091:Blumenthal, Max (2007-03-20).
1963:Mike Carter (March 17, 2007).
1709:Johnston, David (2007-03-08).
1217:House Appropriations Committee
1166:Charlton had clashed with the
183:United States Attorney General
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2715:Robert Schmidt (2007-03-06).
2579:Charlie Savage (2007-05-06).
2438:Steve Tetrealt (2007-03-08).
2166:Hutcheson, Ron (2007-03-13).
1834:Taylor, Marisa (2007-03-01).
1736:Pfeiffer, Eric (2007-03-06).
1677:Brosnan, James (2007-03-07).
43:dismissed from office in the
3123:Kiel, Paul (March 1, 2007).
3046:U.S. News & World Report
2875:. 2007-03-20. Archived from
2783:Brantley, Max (2007-05-30).
2636:Springfield Business Journal
2194:U.S. News & World Report
1815:Ron Hutcheson (2007-03-26).
1595:Amy Goldstein (2007-03-19).
265:Western District of Missouri
128:, Deputy White House Counsel
2731:"February 20, 2007, e-mail"
2527:Erica Werner (2007-03-13).
2218:Madden, Mike (2007-03-21).
2138:McCoy, Kevin (2007-03-22).
1225:Central Intelligence Agency
918:New Mexico Republican Party
610:Dismissed December 7, 2006
504:List of dismissed attorneys
89:List of dismissed attorneys
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2974:Senate Judiciary Committee
2948:Senate Judiciary Committee
2936:Senate Judiciary Committee
2630:Cory Smith (May 1, 2006).
2297:Peter Pae (May 11, 2006).
2061:Eggen, Dan (May 5, 2007).
1095:In a May 5, 2007 article,
924:to a White House aide for
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2923:House Judiciary Committee
2813:Rich, Eric (2007-03-07).
1817:"Who is Monica Goodling?"
1652:Eggen, Dan (2007-03-05).
1384:, a controversial former
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230:, Deputy Attorney General
104:G. W. Bush administration
3102:Article on the hearings.
2457:Tony Cook (2006-11-22).
2444:Las Vegas Review-Journal
1633:Dan Eggen (2007-03-01).
1000:Public Integrity Section
275:Dismissed U.S. attorneys
3161:San Diego Union Tribune
3035:The Wall Street Journal
2918:. McClatchy Newspapers.
1790:The Albuquerque Tribune
1614:The Dallas Morning News
1412:Attorneys fired in 2005
1319:On March 23, 2007, the
1108:is just unconscionable.
2170:. McClatchy Newspapers
1477:June 26, 2008, at the
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2031:"Fuel to the Firings"
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3067:. pp. Page A02.
2955:on February 28, 2007
1840:McClatchy Newspapers
1743:The Washington Times
1215:, then chair of the
1060:2004 governor's race
867:Southern W. Virginia
94:All related articles
79:Summary of attorneys
3112:The Washington Post
3098:The Washington Post
3071:Eisenstein, James.
3065:The Washington Post
3015:The Washington Post
3006:The Washington Post
2819:The Washington Post
2764:The Washington Post
2509:. pp. Page A01
2507:The Washington Post
2311:on October 1, 2007.
2067:The Washington Post
1769:The Washington Post
1684:Albuquerque Tribune
1658:The Washington Post
1639:The Washington Post
1601:The Washington Post
1402:Alberto R. Gonzales
1397:The Washington Post
1395:On March 23, 2007,
1179:Indian reservations
1168:Bush administration
1135:, Attorney General
1097:The Washington Post
952:The Washington Post
770:Russell C. Stoddard
719:Southern California
678:Jeffrey C. Sullivan
650:Northern California
533:in his place. Both
364:Northern California
346:Southern California
187:White House Counsel
121:White House Counsel
35:This article about
3085:The New York Times
3053:Articles and books
3032:, good summary by
2557:The New York Times
2397:North County Times
2376:2007-05-09 at the
2120:. Associated Press
2004:The New York Times
1870:The New York Times
1801:2007-05-09 at the
1771:. p. Page A01
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673:Western Washington
546:Thomas M. DiBiagio
355:Western Washington
152:Mary Beth Buchanan
111:Officials involved
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2719:. Bloomberg News.
2666:Los Angeles Times
2348:Los Angeles Times
2304:Los Angeles Times
2273:Los Angeles Times
1975:on March 20, 2007
1898:Los Angeles Times
1866:"Why I was Fired"
1427:Robert L. Ehrlich
1400:Attorney General
1350:Bradley Schlozman
1208:Los Angeles Times
1153:William W. Mercer
1054:In February, the
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