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[Ex-US Atty John] McKay says [Rep. Doc] Hastings staffer contacted him about 2004 WA election
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| Last Edited | Ralphie Mar 07, 2007 09:51pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, March 8, 2007 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former U.S. Attorney John McKay said the chief of staff for a Washington state congressman called him to ask about an investigation into the disputed election of Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire.
McKay also said Tuesday that White House lawyers later asked him about why he had "mishandled" the election probe during an interview for McKay's unsuccessful bid to become a federal judge.
McKay, one of eight federal prosecutors fired late last year by the Bush administration, told two congressional committees that Ed Cassidy, then chief of staff to Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., asked him about allegations of voter fraud in the 2004 election, which Gregoire narrowly won after two recounts.
McKay said he told Cassidy he was sure that the call was not intended to suggest that Hastings was calling for a federal investigation, because that would be improper.
Nearly two years later, during a 2006 interview for a possible judgeship, White House lawyers questioned him about the election case, which one official said he had "mishandled," McKay said.
McKay, 50, served as chief federal prosecutor for Western Washington from 2001 until January. He was fired in a Dec. 7 phone call and learned the next week that he would not be selected as a federal judge.
McKay was one of four ex-prosecutors who testified Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Those four, plus two more former prosecutors, later testified before the House panel. Both committees are looking into the Justice Department firings of the eight prosecutors, which Democrats call politically motivated. |
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