Sunday, May 13, 2007

White House fired him [another US attorney] in 2005 in the middle of a corruption and vote-buying investigation

Ex-U.S. Attorney Questions Own Firing | Former W.Va. Prosecutor Says He Has 'Concerns' About Firing By Bush Administration | WASHINGTON, May. 11, 2007

(AP) A former West Virginia federal prosecutor said Friday the White House fired him in 2005 in the middle of a corruption and vote-buying investigation but never told him why.

Karl K. "Kasey" Warner said he has "concerns" and sees parallels between himself and eight other ousted U.S. attorneys. Congress and an internal Justice Department agency are investigating whether those firings were politically motivated.

The Justice Department rejected any suggestion of politics in Warner's dismissal. ...

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