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Former GOP U.S. Attorney To Obama Appointees: Guys, Your Final Notice Was On November 8 Posted: Mar 12, 2017 2:15 PM This isn’t a scandal. It’s routine, but that hasn’t stopped members of the news media from trying to suggest that asking for the resignations of 46 U.S. Attorneys might be scandalous. On Friday, Attorney General asked for the resignations of these 46 attorneys. Even CNN, who reported on the anger from this group for the short notice, included that attorneys appointed by the previous administration are expected to leave or resign on their own. Jake Tapper, also with CNN, spoke to a former Republican U.S. Attorney who seemed shocked by these claims of being blindsided from as colleagues, as their final notice occurred on November 8 when Donald Trump won the election:

GOP former US Attorney tells he's confused about all the US Attorneys complaining they didn't get enough notice. "Your notice was on Nov 8"

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 11, 2017

Trump “ousts” US Attorneys. Obama “replaces” them. pic.twitter.com/JNbvmEQLBj

— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) March 11, 2017

Given @PreetBharara's investigative portfolio, it's fair to ask whether someone called in a favor to get him fired. More Qs for the WH.

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) March 11, 2017

In democracies the rule of law is not supposed to be partisan. In what way was Preet Bharara not good at his job? https://t.co/oXOkBS0Ivh

— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) March 11, 2017

Andrew McCarthy at National Review had more about this non-scandal, namely that asking for U.S. Attorneys from the previous administration to resign isn’t new, and that Bill Clinton proceeded to fire all 93 Republican appointees when he took office in 1993:

Things got a bit more intense over the weekend when U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara refused to resign, which led to him being fired hours later. Now, despite being nominated by Obama, Bharara was solid in going after elements of corruption, which nabbed the top, Democrat and Republican in the state legislature for corruption and indicted members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s inner circle for corruption as well. On top of that, as Jazz wrote, he has ongoing investigations into the Clinton Foundation, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Gov. Cuomo himself. Jazz added that firing him would be an unforced error. Bharara was reportedly asked to stay on in the same fashion former U.S. Attorney and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was asked to remain for a bit during the Clinton dismissal. Well, that wasn’t meant to be. As Holder noted, elections have consequences.


