When Kyle Sampson asked former Deputy Attorney General James Comey in late February of 2005 which U.S. attorneys he thought were “weak” and should be replaced, Comey replied with a list of names. But Comey testified today that his list was completely different from those who were ultimately fired — save one name. That was Kevin Ryan, the former U.S. Attorney for San Francisco, who was the only of the fired U.S. attorneys to have indisputably had real performance issues.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=180910