Friday, April 06, 2007
Bumpity Bump.
Update: Bush Backlash. I have a feeling that there will be many more updates. Rachel Paulose, US Attorney of Minnesota replaced "retiring" attorney, Tom Heffelfinger. Paulose was not one of the "8", because she was confirmed by Congress. She is reporting that
Rachel is one of the Yalies in Bush's WH. She is a Bushie for sure. I'm sure she will find a few hard core Bushies to fill the vacant slots, but this is an embarrassment. One of her lead attorneys (I assume she has more than one) resigned under the cloud of suspicion over their office. Two others joined him. Remember, I reported 11?
Shit meet fan. I would think that every Democratic defendant facing trial in a US federal court or anyone convicted by a US attorney now has instant grounds for acquittal, and not just in Wisconsin. That sure puts the pepper in my gumbo, or should I say, in my Monterey jack. ¶ 5:30 PM
John Marti, a first assistant U.S. attorney, Erika Mozangue, head of the office's civil division, and James Lackner, who heads the office's criminal division, have "decided to go back to being prosecutors," spokeswoman Jeanne Cooney said.The resignations came after a visit from John Kelly, deputy director of the Justice Department's executive office of U.S Attorneys. The three attorneys will not comment on their resignations.
Rachel is one of the Yalies in Bush's WH. She is a Bushie for sure. I'm sure she will find a few hard core Bushies to fill the vacant slots, but this is an embarrassment. One of her lead attorneys (I assume she has more than one) resigned under the cloud of suspicion over their office. Two others joined him. Remember, I reported 11?
Shit meet fan. I would think that every Democratic defendant facing trial in a US federal court or anyone convicted by a US attorney now has instant grounds for acquittal, and not just in Wisconsin. That sure puts the pepper in my gumbo, or should I say, in my Monterey jack. ¶ 5:30 PM
