http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=E67A14E00FCD6C9E55E2E0A07AF74AD2?diaryId=1960Putdown for Paulose: Colleagues Clap for Her Critics at Retirement Party
by: Eric Black
Thu Jun 21, 2007 at 9:27:40 AM
Rachel Paulose, the embattled U.S. attorney for Minnesota, suffered through an awkward moment Tuesday when a retirement party for a long-serving prosecutor in her office turned into a thunderous ovation for several of Paulose's severest critics. Word of the incident has buzzed through the Twin Cities federal legal community and become the latest symbol of a very rough 18 months since Paulose took over the top federal law enforcement job in Minnesota.
Paulose has been under increasingly harsh public scrutiny about how her appointment is connected to the Bush administration's alleged politicization of the Justice Department, and about how she has run the office. Four high-ranking supervisors in the office voluntarily took demotions to non-supervisory positions as a protest against Paulose's management style. The House Judiciary Committee has questioned Justice Department officials about the circumstances of Paulose's appointment, and U.S. Rep. Keith Keith Ellison has publicly disparaged the chaotic situation within Paulose's agency. Congress is seeking to question Paulose under oath.
This account of the Tuesday incident comes from people who were present but requested anonymity.
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