Comments on: New report sheds light on firing of U.S. attorney from Michigan

By: LoRayne Apo-Joynt

LoRayne Apo-Joynt — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:16:48 +0000

Probably more Ever wonder why the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan left after only two years in office during Bush's first term?

Me too, still wondering.

Ever wonder why Alberto Gonzales showed up in Michigan a scant two weeks before he announced his resignation last August, bringing a couple million in grants with him for Native American tribes?

Still makes me scratch me head a year later; after systematically canning close to a third of the members of the Native American Issues Subcommittee -- including its chair, Margaret Chiara -- he shows up with money for the tribes??

Not that I begrudge the tribes help with law enforcement; the optics are just bad.

We will be cleaning up this mess for a decade to come, maybe more if the Siegelman case is any indication.

By: misskitty64

misskitty64 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:40:02 +0000

This Isn't the Only Instance Where the Stench of the DOJ . . . Politicization Has Reached Michigan

Just off hand I would point to the cases of Jeffrey Feiger and Carl Marlinga. Both charged with crimes purely brought on because they were targeted by the GOP.

Carl Marlinga was running for Congress as a democrat when he was charged with bribery. Not only was he aquitted, the jury took him out to lunch because they felt so bad about what happened to him.

Jeffrey Feiger seems to have been targeted because he dared contribute to John Edwards' campaign.

There must be other cases as well but those are the only ones I know of personally.

By: misskitty64

misskitty64 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This Isn’t the Only Instance Where the Stench of the DOJ . . . Politicization Has Reached Michigan

Just off hand I would point to the cases of Jeffrey Feiger and Carl Marlinga. Both charged with crimes purely brought on because they were targeted by the GOP.

Carl Marlinga was running for Congress as a democrat when he was charged with bribery. Not only was he aquitted, the jury took him out to lunch because they felt so bad about what happened to him.

Jeffrey Feiger seems to have been targeted because he dared contribute to John Edwards’ campaign.

There must be other cases as well but those are the only ones I know of personally.

By: LoRayne Apo-Joynt

LoRayne Apo-Joynt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Probably more Ever wonder why the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan left after only two years in office during Bush’s first term?

Me too, still wondering.

Ever wonder why Alberto Gonzales showed up in Michigan a scant two weeks before he announced his resignation last August, bringing a couple million in grants with him for Native American tribes?

Still makes me scratch me head a year later; after systematically canning close to a third of the members of the Native American Issues Subcommittee — including its chair, Margaret Chiara — he shows up with money for the tribes??

Not that I begrudge the tribes help with law enforcement; the optics are just bad.

We will be cleaning up this mess for a decade to come, maybe more if the Siegelman case is any indication.