Former Justice Official Offers Praise for Fired Prosecutors

May 3, 2007, 2:13 p.m.

Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey issued glowing praise for seven of the eight U.S. attorneys summarily fired by the Justice Department in 2006, undercutting the department’s argument that they were fired for “performance-related” reasons.

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