Here's a surefire way to make lawmakers unhappy:
The White House told a Republican member of Congress last summer about its plans to fire a U.S. attorney in Arkansas and replace him with a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove, but it did not tell Democratic lawmakers, according to a new Justice Department e-mail released yesterday.
The White House called Rep. John Boozman (R-Ark.) "and pretty much told him what they are doing with this appointment and how they are going about it," according to a July 6 e-mail from Bud Cummins, then the U.S. attorney in Little Rock.
At the same time, Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) and other Democrats report being stonewalled with their own questions. The entire Arkansas delegation was unhappy with how the situation was handled, especially because Cummins was popular. Cummins was replaced with Tim Griffin, a former aide to White House advisor Karl Rove and opposition researcher for the RNC. Also, they weren't very happy with this:
Boozman said that when he spoke with Justice officials last summer, they told him Griffin would be subject to Senate confirmation. However, Gonzales appointed Griffin as interim U.S. attorney, using authority that has since been repealed by Congress.
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