Perchance, does any of this sound familiar?

one of the documents released last night actually contains talking points, many of which suggest that administration and justice department officials knew exactly what kind of mess they were stirring up... hekebolos at daily kos has a great diary up on this and includes the following...

TALKING POINTS: U.S. ATTORNEY NOMINATIONS AND INTERIM APPOINTMENTS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

[...]

U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president:

United States Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President. Thus, like other high-ranking executive branch officials, they may be removed for any reason or no reason. That on occasion in an organization as large as the Justice Department some United States Attorneys are removed, or are asked or encouraged to resign, should come as no surprise. United States Attorneys are never removed, or asked or encouraged to resign, in an effort to retaliate against them or inappropriately influence a particular investigation, criminal prosecution or civil case.

i've heard "serve at the pleasure of the president" so often over the past two weeks, it makes my head spin, but i suppose "spinning" fits the nature of the talking point, eh...?

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