Was McKay ousted over 2004 election?

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Was McKay ousted over 2004 election?
By David Bowermaster - Seattle Times staff reporter
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003574683_mckay16m0.html

John McKay was fired in December as U.S. attorney for Western Washington.

Two months after John McKay was fired as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, the reason for his dismissal remains a mystery.

One of the most persistent rumors in Seattle legal circles is that the Justice Department forced McKay, a Republican, to resign to appease Washington state Republicans angry over the 2004 governor's race. Some believe McKay's dismissal was retribution for his failure to convene a federal grand jury to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the race.

McKay was appointed by President Bush in October 2001.

The Evergreen Freedom Foundation filed a formal complaint with U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in 2005 about what it considered McKay's lax oversight of the election, in which Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire defeated Republican Dino Rossi by 129 votes. Many influential Republicans publicly criticized McKay.

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1. wow, he was rarity then. A GOP'er held accountable

for failures.....