WASHINGTON – Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican party chairman to fire the state’s U.S. attorney because of dissatisfaction in part with his failure to indict Democrats in a voter fraud investigation in the battleground election state (Read More)
By Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor
McClatchy Newspapers
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From: The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ) 3/11/07, p. 2, sect. 10. “In New Jersey, we are fortunate The Star-Ledgerthat U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, a Republican appointed by President Bush, has pursued corrupt officials of both parties with gusto. …
A mini-campaign is under way by some to label Christie’s investigation of Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez’s real estate activities two months before last November’s election as another example of politics mixing with justice because no one, so far, has been charge with anything. There’s even a call for the state’s few Republicans to confess if they had contacted Christie and asked him to go after Menendez.
It’s hard to imagine Christie, who strikes us as someone who gives orders, not takes them, tolerating such a suggestion.
His tenure has been exemplary. But so, apparently, were several of those U.S. attorneys bounced from office by the Justice Department.”