Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy timeline

A detailed chronology of events in the dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy.

Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy
Overview
Articles Timeline Summary of attorneys Congressional hearings List of dismissed attorneys All related articles
G. W. Bush administration
Officials involved Fred F. Fielding, White House Counsel William K. Kelley, Deputy White House Counsel William Moschella, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Brett Tolman, U.S. Attorney, District of Utah, former counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Mary Beth Buchanan, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, former Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys from 2004 to 2005
Officials who resigned Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General, former White House Counsel Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General Michael A. Battle, Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys Michael Elston, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General Monica Goodling, Justice Department's liaison to the White House William W. Mercer, U.S. Attorney, Acting Associate Attorney General (retains position as U.S. Attorney in Montana) Sara Taylor, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs Paul McNulty, Deputy Attorney General Harriet Miers, former White House Counsel (resigned prior to publicity surrounding the controversy, effective January 31, 2007) Karl Rove, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bradley Schlozman, Director Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys; former Acting Assistant Attorney General for, and later Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; former interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
Dismissed U.S. attorneys
List Daniel Bogden • Nevada Paul K. Charlton • Arizona Margaret Chiara • Western Michigan Bud Cummins • Eastern Arkansas Todd Graves • Western Missouri David Iglesias • New Mexico Carol Lam • Southern California John McKay • Western Washington Kevin V. Ryan • Northern California
U.S. Congress
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary 110th Congress Patrick Leahy, Chair (D) Arlen Specter, Ranking member, former Chair (R) Chuck Schumer, Chair: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts (D)
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary 110th Congress John Conyers, Chair (D) Lamar Smith, Ranking member (R) Linda Sánchez, Chair: Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (D)

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