Laurie Kellman

March 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By LAURIE KELLMAN

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March 29, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP Eight federal prosecutors were fired last year because they did not sufficiently support President Bush's priorities, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff maintains, calling it a legitimate policy.Kyle Sampson, who quit earlier this month over the furor, disputed Democratic charges that the firings were a purge by intimidation and a warning to the remaining prosecutors to fall in line.

By Laurie Kellman

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December 12, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The back-and-forth over when to hold a confirmation hearing for Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for attorney general, isn't simply a matter of saving a date on the Senate calendar. It's an early test of strength for minority Republicans on the eve of one-party Democratic rule in Washington.

By LAURIE KELLMAN

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December 31, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Rep. Bobby Rush says he doesn't think any U.S. senator would be caught turning a black man away from serving alongside them.He thought wrong.No Senate Democrats responded to his racial challenge. And they got support from President-elect Barack Obama, who will be the first African-American in the White House.

By LAURIE KELLMAN

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November 09, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP _ Of neither Washington nor President Bush's Texas power circle, Michael Mukasey won his new job as attorney general in large part by vowing to be his own man.But Bush, his Capitol Hill allies and congressional Democrats have plenty of expectations for the retired federal judge, and political pressure will be there.

By Laurie Kellman

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March 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By LAURIE KELLMAN

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March 30, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - President Bush isn't rushing to the rescue of his old Texas friend, Alberto Gonzales, after the attorney general's one-time lieutenant undercut his old boss' account of the firings of eight federal prosecutors.Rather than merely signing off on the firings, as Gonzales has repeatedly stated, his former chief of staff says the attorney general was in the middle of things from the beginning.

By Laurie Kellman

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October 19, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By LAURIE KELLMAN

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March 21, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - A House panel on Wednesday approved subpoenas for President Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove and other top White House aides, setting up a constitutional showdown over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.By voice vote, the House Judiciary subcommittee on commercial and administrative law decided to compel the president's top aides to testify publicly and under oath about their roles in the firings.

By Laurie Kellman

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July 12, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP _ President Bush ordered former Counsel Harriet Miers to defy a congressional subpoena and refuse to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors, even as a second former aide revealed new details Wednesday about White House involvement in the dismissals.The possibility of contempt of Congress citations against both women hung over the developments.

By Laurie Kellman

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