http://michiganmessenger.disqus.com/enFri, 01 Aug 2008 09:16:48 -0000http://www.michiganmessenger.com/1631/new-report-sheds-light-on-firing-of-us-attorney-from-michigan#comment-1663522<strong>Probably more</strong> Ever wonder why the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan left after only two years in office during Bush's first term?<p><br>Me too, still wondering.</p><p><br>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?&nbsp; </p><p><br>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??</p><p><br>Not that I begrudge the tribes help with law enforcement; the optics are just bad.</p><p><br>We will be cleaning up this mess for a decade to come, maybe more if the Siegelman case is any indication.<br></br></p>LoRayne Apo-JoyntFri, 01 Aug 2008 09:16:48 -0000http://www.michiganmessenger.com/1631/new-report-sheds-light-on-firing-of-us-attorney-from-michigan#comment-1663521<strong>This Isn't the Only Instance Where the Stench of the DOJ . . .</strong> Politicization Has Reached Michigan<p><br>Just off hand I would point to the cases of Jeffrey Feiger and Carl Marlinga.&nbsp; Both charged with crimes purely brought on because they were targeted by the GOP.</p><p><br>Carl Marlinga was running for Congress as a democrat when he was charged with bribery.&nbsp; Not only was he aquitted, the jury took him out to lunch because they felt so bad about what happened to him.&nbsp; </p><p><br>Jeffrey Feiger seems to have been targeted because he dared contribute to John Edwards' campaign.</p><p><br>There must be other cases as well but those are the only ones I know of personally.</p>misskitty64Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:40:02 -0000