Attorney Purge Redux

Like rats abandoning a sinking ship. On the heels of news that Gonzo is under investigation in his own DoJ...

Mike Elston, chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, is the fifth Justice official to leave after being linked to the dismissals of the prosecutors.

Elston was accused of threatening at least four of the eight fired U.S. attorneys to keep quiet about their ousters. In a statement Friday, the Justice Department said Elston was leaving voluntarily to take a job with an unnamed Washington-area law firm.

  Houston Chronicle

....hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

"Nothing Improper"

So said Gonzo Gonzales.

[N]ew documents surfaced Wednesday showing that at least four of the eight targeted U.S. attorneys reported being told to stay quiet about their dismissals by Mike Elston, the top aide to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty.

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[Daniel Bogden, the former U.S. attorney for Nevada] said [Associate Attorney General William Mercer] told him on Dec. 7, 2006, that the firings were being carried out "so the Republican Party would have more future candidates for the federal bench and future political positions."

  Yahoo News article

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.