Former W.Va. prosecutor says he has 'concerns' about firing by Bush administration

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

May 12, 2007 6:00 AM
WASHINGTON — A former West Virginia federal prosecutor said Friday the White House fired him in 2005 in the middle of a corruption and vote-buying investigation but never told him why.

Karl K. "Kasey" Warner said he has "concerns" and sees parallels between himself and eight other ousted U.S. attorneys. Congress and an internal Justice Department agency are investigating whether those firings were politically motivated.

The Justice Department rejected any suggestion of politics in Warner's dismissal.

"The notion that the termination was political is absolutely false," spokesman Dean Boyd said. "We encourage Mr. Warner to provide the department with a written privacy waiver and we will be happy to provide you with the reason for his removal."

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"Next thing I know, I get a letter from the president's counsel, Harriet Miers, saying I'd been fired, no reason given," Warner recounted in a telephone interview.

A state legislative audit later revealed e-mails in which Warner had offered to secretly contribute to a 2004 county political campaign.

"Let me try to steer some contributions your way (gently) and perhaps use a family member with a different last name to make my contribution," Warner wrote in one July 2003 e-mail, according to the audit.



Read more: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070512/NEWS/705120358

[xchrom]

1. money -- right this way.

money and power -- that's the only agenda that bushco ever had.

[L. Coyote]

2. ALSO FIRED: Maryland U.S. Attorney Thomas M. DiBiagio

Warner's statements echo those by former Maryland U.S. Attorney Thomas M. DiBiagio, who in March said he believed he was fired for investigating corruption in a Republican governor's administration.

The Justice Department said DiBiagio was fired for writing e-mails calling for "front-page" corruption indictments before Election Day.

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When did DoJ say that?

The second echelon of the USAtty Offices needs to be examined more closely, beginning with Ashcroft's hirings and firings.

IN the Northern District of Texas, three were fired in the midst of the Tenet Healthcare investigations (and two died). The USA was promoted to a judgeship, not fired, on the recommendation of Cornyn and Hutchinson.

MORE: US Attorney Firing: Voter Fraud, Medicare Fraud, WHICH IS IT ???
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