The court scholar serving Hermann of Thuringia.

The court scholar serving Hermann of Thuringia.
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2007/03/26

Good quote on attorney-firings

Dan Froomkin of the WaPo does a very good round-up of the latest attorney-firing news. Especially interesting is this quote. This is one of those bolt-of-lightning quotes that illuminates the whole landscape in a few sentences:

R. Jeffrey Smith writes in The Washington Post: "John McKay of Washington state, who had decided two years earlier not to bring voter fraud charges that could have undermined a Democratic victory in a closely fought gubernatorial race, said White House counsel Harriet Miers and her deputy, William Kelley, 'asked me why Republicans in the state of Washington would be angry with me.' . . .

"McKay's disclosure of an explicit White House question about the damage his decision caused to his standing among party loyalists added new detail to his previous statement that Miers accused him of having 'mishandled' the voter fraud inquiry."

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