WASHINGTON — The Bush administration's Justice Department's actions were inappropriately political, but not criminal, when it fired a U.S. attorney in 2006, prosecutors said Wednesday in closing a two-year investigation without filing charges.
Justice Department: Prosecutor firing political, not criminal
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | 6:54 p.m. CDT
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