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I generally do not cover to much of the attorney " purge " scandal because other places seem to have the story down very well. However, this piece from Talking Points Memo caught my attention.
Last month, the Congress passed* a bill reversing one of those provisions -- one that made it possible for the attorney general to indefinitely appoint U.S. attorneys without Senate confirmation.
Now Four Democrats are trying to undo another of those little-noticed provisions -- one that made it possible for certain U.S. attorneys to pull double duty in the Justice Department leadership. The provision was shepherded through by William Mercer, the principal associate deputy attorney general, who's also the U.S. Attorney for Montana. When the chief judge in his district, hopping mad that Mercer is gone almost all the time, charged that Mercer was violating the residency requirement for U.S. attorneys, Mercer had the law changed. And he's kept both jobs for two years.
Someone once stated that the mafia were angels compared to this corrupt group of Bush Crime Family members, they were right.
The punchline to all this, remember, is that Justice Department officials have claimed that U.S. Attorney for New Mexico David Iglesias was fired because he was an "absentee landlord," spending 30 days a year away from the office -- on Navy reserve duty.
More of the Republican " Family Values Tour " at work. More of our hard earned tax dollars getting stolen and pocketed by these shitheads.
Impeachment should be placed back on the table!
