Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein of the Post spell out the politicalization of the DoJ process on the US Attys fired or nearly fired.
“Nearly half the U.S. attorneys slated for removal by the administration last year were targets of Republican complaints that they were lax on voter fraud, including efforts by presidential adviser Karl Rove to encourage more prosecutions of election- law violations, according to new documents and interviews.
“Of the 12 U.S. attorneys known to have been dismissed or considered for removal last year, five were identified by Rove or other administration officials as working in districts that were trouble spots for voter fraud -- Kansas City, Mo.; Milwaukee; New Mexico; Nevada; and Washington state. Four of the five prosecutors in those districts were dismissed.
“It has been clear for months that the administration's eagerness to launch voter-fraud prosecutions played a role in some of the firings, but recent testimony, documents and interviews show the issue was more central than previously known. The new details include the names of additional prosecutors who were targeted and other districts that were of concern, as well as previously unknown information about the White House's role.
Biskupic’s conduct on voter fraud, public corruption cases, and the prosecution of a veteran unpopular with the politicized VA match precisely the agenda of the Bush administration.
That should be ironic to the flacks who call Biskupic the “antithesis” of a politician.
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