Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy timeline
Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy
Overview
Articles
Timeline
Summary of attorneys
Congressional hearings
List of dismissed attorneys
All related articles
G. W. Bush administration
Officials involved
Fred F. Fielding
,
White House Counsel
William K. Kelley
, Deputy White House Counsel
William Moschella
, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General
Brett Tolman
,
U.S. Attorney
,
District of Utah
, former counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee
Mary Beth Buchanan
,
U.S. Attorney
,
Western District of Pennsylvania
, former Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys from 2004 to 2005
Officials who resigned
Alberto Gonzales
,
United States Attorney General
, former
White House Counsel
Kyle Sampson
, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General
Michael A. Battle
, Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
Michael Elston
, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General
Monica Goodling
, Justice Department's liaison to the White House
William W. Mercer
, U.S. Attorney, Acting Associate Attorney General (retains position as U.S. Attorney in Montana)
Sara Taylor
, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs
Paul McNulty
, Deputy Attorney General
Harriet Miers
, former White House Counsel (resigned prior to publicity surrounding the controversy, effective January 31, 2007)
Karl Rove
,
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Bradley Schlozman
, Director
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
; former Acting Assistant Attorney General for, and later Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the
Civil Rights Division
; former interim
U.S. Attorney
for the
Western District of Missouri
Dismissed U.S. attorneys
List
Daniel Bogden
•
Nevada
Paul K. Charlton
•
Arizona
Margaret Chiara
•
Western Michigan
Bud Cummins
•
Eastern Arkansas
Todd Graves
•
Western Missouri
David Iglesias
•
New Mexico
Carol Lam
•
Southern California
John McKay
•
Western Washington
Kevin V. Ryan
•
Northern California
U.S. Congress
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
110th Congress
Patrick Leahy
, Chair
(D)
Arlen Specter
, Ranking member, former Chair
(R)
Chuck Schumer
, Chair:
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
(D)
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
110th Congress
John Conyers
, Chair
(D)
Lamar Smith
, Ranking member
(R)
Linda Sánchez
, Chair:
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
(D)
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