Prosecutors Describe "Disconcerting Calls" From GOP Reps, Staffers
The New York Times DAVID JOHNSTON March 6, 2007 10:34 PM
Six ousted United States attorneys told Congressional panels Tuesday new details about lawmakers' intrusions in sensitive investigations and possible efforts by the Justice Department to squelch their public protests over their firings.
In testimony at hearings in the Senate and House, the prosecutors spoke of intrigue over their dismissals and their surprise last December that they had been asked to resign but were given no explanation.
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Thomas D. Williams reports that four US attorneys testified before Congress Tuesday that they believed they were forced to resign for improper reasons. An email from one of the US attorneys, Arkansas's Bud Cummins, was offered by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Schumer, D-NY, as potential Congressional evidence of alleged improper warnings of retribution by high Justice Department officials.
Six ousted United States attorneys told Congressional panels Tuesday new details about lawmakers' intrusions in sensitive investigations and possible efforts by the Justice Department to squelch their public protests over their firings.
In testimony at hearings in the Senate and House, the prosecutors spoke of intrigue over their dismissals and their surprise last December that they had been asked to resign but were given no explanation.
READ FULL STORY
Fired US Prosecutors Felt Threatened by Republican Lawmakers
Thomas D. Williams reports that four US attorneys testified before Congress Tuesday that they believed they were forced to resign for improper reasons. An email from one of the US attorneys, Arkansas's Bud Cummins, was offered by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Schumer, D-NY, as potential Congressional evidence of alleged improper warnings of retribution by high Justice Department officials.
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