﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>US attorney firings news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more US attorney firings stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/6562/us-attorney-firings.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 5:18:52 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/67336/rove-the-dems-cant-prove-a-thing.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Rove: The Dems Can't Prove a Thing</title><description>Karl Rove has been cruelly persecuted. For years now the House Judiciary Committee and the New York Times editorial board have been trying to pin him as the mastermind behind the US attorney firings. Recently the committee called him in for a two-day, 12-hour interview, and what did it discover?...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/67336/rove-the-dems-cant-prove-a-thing.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 6:54:26 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/66666/rove-pushed-for-firing-of-us-attorney-in-nm.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Rove Pushed for Firing of US Attorney in NM</title><description>The House Judiciary Committee released documents today that Democrats say put Karl Rove and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers at the center of the US attorney firing scandal, Politico reports. “Karl Rove and his cohorts at the Bush White House were the driving force behind several of these firings,” says...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/66666/rove-pushed-for-firing-of-us-attorney-in-nm.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:47:32 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/66451/gonzales-i-havent-spoken-to-bush.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Gonzales: I Haven't Spoken to Bush</title><description>Two years after leaving the Justice Department in disgrace, Alberto Gonzales is still trying to get back on his feet. In an interview with New York Times Magazine 's grand inquisitor Deborah Solomon, the former AG says he's living in an apartment in Lubbock, Texas, where he'll begin a teaching...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/66451/gonzales-i-havent-spoken-to-bush.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 9:36:53 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/65838/obama-nominates-us-attorney-fired-under-bush.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Obama Nominates US Attorney Fired Under Bush</title><description>A US attorney fired by the Bush administration is set to get his old job back, the Washington Post reports. Daniel Bolger, whose 2006 firing is among those being probed for partisan motivation, has been nominated by President Obama to again be the federal prosecutor for Nevada. Former Attorney General...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/65838/obama-nominates-us-attorney-fired-under-bush.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 8:49:29 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/65694/emails-show-rove-knee-deep-in-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Emails Show Rove Knee-Deep in Attorney Firings</title><description>Karl Rove was intimately involved in the firing of at least three of the US Attorneys sacked for purportedly political reasons during the Bush administration, emails obtained by the Washington Post show. One note mentions a senator who “asked that we remove the US Atty” and “couldn’t be more serious...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/65694/emails-show-rove-knee-deep-in-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:26:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/59138/rove-tight-lipped-after-grilling-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Rove Tight-Lipped After Grilling Over Attorney Firings</title><description>Karl Rove stayed mum as he left an interview with a special prosecutor today about the firing of US attorneys during the Bush administration, the AP reports. Nora Dannehy questioned the former White House aide at his lawyer’s office; she left after about 4 hours. Rove’s attorney said his client...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/59138/rove-tight-lipped-after-grilling-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 15:04:04 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/59024/rove-will-be-questioned-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Rove Will Be Questioned Over Attorney Firings</title><description>Karl Rove is on the hot seat tomorrow. The former Bush adviser will be interviewed by federal prosecutors as part of a criminal investigation into the firings of US attorneys in 2006, the Washington Post reports. Rove will meet with Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who has been charged with...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/59024/rove-will-be-questioned-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 17:19:28 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/52491/dems-would-love-to-have-me-barbecued-rove.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Dems 'Would Love to Have Me Barbecued': Rove</title><description>Karl Rove is looking forward to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee concerning his alleged role in the sacking of several federal prosecutors, Fox News reports. But beware the “show trial,” Rove said, as “some Democrats would love to have me barbecued.” Rove will also be questioned about the prosecution...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/52491/dems-would-love-to-have-me-barbecued-rove.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:03:01 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/52435/rove-miers-to-testify-on-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Rove, Miers to Testify on Attorney Firings</title><description>Karl Rove and Harriet Miers have agreed to testify before Congress about the controversial firing of US attorneys, CBS reports. The former Bush aides' testimony will not be public, though that could happen in the future, notes the Public Record . Congress is investigating whether the Bush administration fired the attorneys...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/52435/rove-miers-to-testify-on-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:25:07 CST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>