POLS 125 Chapter Notes - Chapter NA: Wield, Strategic Planning, United States Senate Committee On The Judiciary
9 Nov 2020
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On december 7th, 2006, seven united states attorneys were ordered to resign by the bush administration. It was confirmed later that two other us attorneys had also been ordered to resign, bringing the total to nine. Each attorney was given no explanation for the dismissal and most were led to believe that they alone were being dismissed. It was also known that attorney general gonzales was a close friend of the president so even those with political muscle were no match against this dynamic. As a result, all nine us attorneys eventually complied and turned in their resignations as instructed without public comment. This dynamic all changed in january of 2007 when attorney general gonzales testified before the senate judiciary committee and faced questioning about growing rumors that us. She continued to state that there is a pleasure aspect to it, but the practice of the past was for attorneys to remain in their position until a replacement was confirmed.
