Justice Department U.S. Attorneys Harriet Miers

Of the nine dismissals in the U.S. attorney scandal, the firing of former New Mexico U.S. Atty. David Iglesias was probably the most blatantly partisan.
A Justice Dept. inspector general report released last week concluded that Iglesias was forced to leave because he didn’t pursue public corruption and voter fraud cases that New Mexico Republicans wanted [...]

Justice Dept. report bolsters congressional contention that U.S.attorneys were fired for improper reasons and the White House misled Congress.

Poor Rep. John Conyers. The House Judiciary Committee chairman has spent more than a year trying to get Harriet Miers, the former White House counsel, to testify about her role in firing U.S. Attorneys. He even won a federal civil suit that prevented Miers from invoking executive privilege. But on the day that a Justice [...]