John Mc Kay (attorney) - Career As U.S. Attorney and Dismissal

Career As U.S. Attorney and Dismissal

Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy
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  • Summary of attorneys
  • Documents
  • Congressional hearings
  • List of dismissed attorneys
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G. W. Bush administration officials involved
  • Fred F. Fielding, White House Counsel
  • William K. Kelley, Deputy White House Counsel
  • William Moschella, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General
  • Brett Tolman, U.S. Attorney, District of Utah, former counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • Mary Beth Buchanan, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, former Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys from 2004 to 2005
Involved administration officials who resigned
  • Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General, former White House Counsel
  • Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General
  • Michael A. Battle, Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
  • Michael Elston, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General
  • Monica Goodling, Justice Department's liaison to the White House
  • William W. Mercer, U.S. Attorney, Acting Associate Attorney General (retains position as U.S. Attorney in Montana)
  • Sara Taylor, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs
  • Paul McNulty, Deputy Attorney General
  • Harriet Miers, former White House Counsel (resigned prior to publicity surrounding the controversy, effective January 31, 2007)
  • Karl Rove, White House Deputy Chief of Staff
  • Bradley Schlozman, Director Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys; former Acting Assistant Attorney General for, and later Principal Deputy Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; former interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
110th Congress
  • Patrick Leahy, Chair (D)
  • Arlen Specter, Ranking member, former Chair (R)
  • Chuck Schumer, Chair: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts (D)
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
110th Congress
  • John Conyers, Chair (D)
  • Lamar Smith, Ranking member (R)
  • Linda Sánchez, Chair: Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (D)

McKay was one of eight U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush administration in 2006 which were, after the fact, publicly described as being for performance-related issues related to "policy, priorities and management."

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