Prosecutors Fired for Not Supporting Bush Priorities, Former Gonzales Aide Says

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Prosecutors Fired for Not Supporting Bush Priorities, Former Gonzales Aide Says

03-28-2007 5:10 PM
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- Eight federal prosecutors were fired last year because they did not sufficiently support President Bush's priorities, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff says in remarks prepared for delivery Thursday to Congress.

"The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial," said Kyle Sampson.

The aide, who quit because of the furor over the firings, is to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A copy of his prepared remarks was obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

"A U.S. attorney who is unsuccessful from a political perspective ... is unsuccessful," Sampson said.

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[flyarm]

1. ahhh but lying about why they were fired and covering up..that is not ok..

and lying to congress is not ok..it is perjury!!


fly

[MissWaverly]

2. You are right

and trying to turn our government into a tax based arm of the Republican Party is not okay.

:-)

[kestrel91316]

3. As I suspected - insufficiently christofascist.

[Casablanca]

4. "The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons" ....

Is non-existent in the corporate world. This is what our "CEO Administration" is brought us, the downsizing of lawyers who aren't politicians first and foremost.

Mafioso politics - love and embrace it or else.