Bush Administration admits U.S. attorneys firings policy-based rather than “performance-related”

White House Backed U.S. Attorney Firings, Officials Say
By John Solomon and Dan Eggen WaPo Staff Writers Sat, March 3, ’07

The White House approved the firings of seven U.S. attorneys… Justice Department officials have consistently portrayed them as personnel decisions based on the prosecutors’ “performance-related” problems. But, yesterday, officials acknowledged that the ousters were based primarily on the administration’s unhappiness with the prosecutors’ policy decisions and revealed the White House’s role…

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