Justice Dept. Used Pregnancy As Excuse To Appoint Griffin “In a Dec. 26, 2006 article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse explained that they ‘temporarily’ appointed Griffin, rather than Bud Cumminsâ deputy Jane Duke, because Duke was pregnant. He noted that often, the first assistant U.S. attorney in the affected district will serve as the acting U.S. attorney until the formal nomination process begins for a replacement. But in this case, ‘the first assistant is on maternity leave,’ he said.” (Think Progress)Why I Was Fired “With this weekâs release of more than 3,000 Justice Department e-mail messages about the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors, it seems clear that politics played a role in the ousters. Of course, as one of the eight, Iâve felt this way for some time. But now that the record is out there in black and white for the rest of the country to see, the argument that we were fired for ‘performance related’ reasons is starting to look more than a little wobbly.” (NY Times)
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