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Associated PressLawmakers question her independence in the probe of the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.
By Larry Margasak
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - ... Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D., Calif.), who has led the House Judiciary Committee's investigation into the firing of nine prosecutors nearly two years ago, said the Justice Department might interfere with the career prosecutor who will conduct the probe.
Nora Dannehy - the acting U.S. attorney in Connecticut and a white-collar-crime specialist - was named this week by Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey to continue an inquiry that so far has found incompetent, unethical and possibly criminal conduct surrounding the firings ...
Sanchez raised her concerns as Glenn Fine, the Justice Department's inspector general, was preparing to review the 358-page report documenting the politically inspired firings of at least four of the nine prosecutors ...
Asked by Rep. Robert C. Scott (D., Va.) whether the attorney general could overrule the prosecutor, Fine said, "I will have to leave that for another day." ...
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