{"id":1690,"date":"2007-05-10T10:14:46","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T16:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2017-05-21T00:28:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T06:28:04","slug":"number-of-fired-prosecutors-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/number-of-fired-prosecutors-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Fired Prosecutors Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dismissals Began Earlier Than Justice Dept. Has Said<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/gon0-002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/gon0-002.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Amy Goldstein and Dan Eggen, Washington Post<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110821071113\/http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/related-topics.html?tid=informline&amp;subject=United+States\">U.S.<\/a> attorney in Kansas City, Mo., Todd P. Graves, said yesterday that he was asked to step down from his job by a senior Justice Department official in January 2006, months before eight other federal prosecutors would be fired by the Bush administration.<\/p>\n<p>Graves said he was told simply that he should resign to &#8220;give another person a chance.&#8221; He said he did not oppose the department&#8217;s request, because he had already been planning to return to private practice. He did appeal to Missouri&#8217;s senior senator to try to persuade the White House to allow him to remain long enough to prosecute a final, important case &#8212; involving the slaying of a pregnant woman and kidnapping of her 8-month fetus. Justice officials rejected the request.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/09\/AR2007050902718.html?hpid=topnews\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dismissals Began Earlier Than Justice Dept. 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