I've been telling you, all along, that Arkansas' Bud Cummins was going to be a key figure in the U.S. Attorneys' Purge. Shor 'nuff, he's headline news at the Washington Post today. via Democratic Underground:
E-Mails show administration schemed for months to make Rove aide U.S. Attorney in Arkansas
Two months before Bud Cummins was fired as U.S. attorney in Little Rock, a protege of presidential adviser Karl Rove was maneuvering with the Justice Department to take his place. Last April, Tim Griffin, a Rove aide and longtime GOP operative, sent the attorney general's chief of staff a flatter [...]
UPDATE: It wasn't only Cummins...
New Emails Show USA Purge Clearly Political
Yes, Alberto flat-out lied to Congress about the Tim Griffin installation in the Arkansas US attorney (USA) slot. It turns out that both the White House and Justice were working to dump Bud Cummins and replace him with political hack and Rove lieutenant Griffin as far back as early 2005, even thought Gonzales told Congress it wasn’t the case. And now another USA [...]
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