It Wasn’t Just a Bad Idea. It May Have Been Against the Law.
New York Times
By ADAM COHEN
Published: March 19, 2007
It is true, as the White House keeps saying, that United States attorneys serve “at the pleasure of the president,” which means he can dismiss them whenever he wants. But if the attorneys were fired to interfere with a valid prosecution, or to punish them for not misusing their offices, that may well have been illegal.
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