Career As U.S. Attorney and Dismissal
Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy
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- Timeline
- Summary of attorneys
- Documents
- Congressional hearings
- List of dismissed attorneys
- Complete list of related articles
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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
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| 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
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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)
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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)
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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."