(Harriet) Miers weighed (ex-U.S. Attorney Debra) Yang’s firing according to Sen. Feinstein

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers discussed firing ex-U.S. Attorney Debra Yang, who was leading an investigation into lucrative ties between Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) and a lobbying firm before she left her government post voluntarily last fall, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) charged in a hearing last week.

Feinstein has repeatedly questioned the circumstances surrounding Yang’s departure, but until last week she provided no reasons for her suspicions. Last Thursday, however, during the questioning of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales late in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Feinstein flatly stated that Miers had discussed “whether to remove Debra Yang from Los Angeles.”

A Feinstein spokesman indicated only that the senator had learned that Miers had considered ousting Yang “through interviews” and did not respond to repeated questions to elaborate. Andrew Koneschusky, a spokesman to Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is leading the probe, also did not respond to questions about whether Miers had targeted Yang and any evidence Feinstein may have about it.

Yang resigned last October, months before Democrats began reviewing the Justice Department’s decision to fire eight other federal prosecutors. According to a report in the American Lawyer, she was lured away by a $1.5 million-plus offer to become a partner at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP, which is defending Lewis in the probe.

Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/miers-weighed-yangs-firing-according-to-sen.-feinstein-2007-04-23.html

[Old and In the Way]

1. This is the key.

According to a report in the American Lawyer, she was lured away by a $1.5 million-plus offer to become a partner at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP, which is defending Lewis in the probe.

Lewis is close to $1MM in bills owed to his defense council...wonder how much of that went to Ms. Yang's "offer"? Is it bribery yet?

[leveymg]

2. Wonder if we'll ever learn who in the White House contacted

whom at GD&C to make that offer to Yang? My guess would be Miers or Rover had a conversation with former GDC partner, Gerry Parsky, a leading figure within the CA GOP who heads a commission that recommends candidates for appointment to the federal bench, who in turn got the approval of former Solicitor General Ted Olson, a senior partner at GDC who is rumoured to be at the head of the list of possible Gonzo replacements as the next AG. See,

Daily Kos: Another GOP vulture capital firm owner tied to USA ...leveymg's diary :: ::. The web connecting major GOP donors to the US Attorneys ... Parsky is identified as having headed a group, the "Parsky Commission", ...
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Daily Kos: Dumpster Diving: Donors selecting USA's? But the same document says, "Parsky Commission will recommend potential candidates," next to ... (I'm sure you know this leveymg but not every reader might. ...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/20/13155/4678 - 239k - Cached - Similar pages
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TPMmuckraker April 13, 2007 11:31 AMThe other recommendation sources are the "Parsky Commission", and in Cummins' case, ... "by leveymg Tue Mar 20, 2007 at 07:33:49 AM PDT ...
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[cascadiance]

3. And as has been noted in the past Carol Lam now has a nice job at Qualcomm

that was offered to her pretty quickly after they gave her the boot, probably to ensure that there was no way to get her put back in the US Attorney's office here in some form like some Dems were asking for.

And who is on the board of Qualcomm? Brent Scowcroft. You draw your own conclusions.

[DemReadingDU]

4. afternoon kick

[badgervan]

5. Time For Some Fake Ranching?

Looks more and more every day now that the chickens are coming home to roost. Also looks like a rogue administration gone off the deep end. This crew ain't going to make it another 20 months.

[formercia]

6. How do you teach a dog not to go after the chickens?

You hang a dead one around its neck until it rots.