A couple revealing moments from the hearing:
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) asked Taylor whether any other administrations had fired 10% of the U.S. attorneys in the middle of a term. The answer is no. But Taylor wasn’t sure — maybe Clinton or Reagan had done it in a “more artful” way?
Later, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) wanted to know whether Taylor had ever gotten specific complaints from Republicans around the country about certain U.S. attorneys. Taylor said she couldn’t remember, because she’d gotten so many complaints about so many things. In fact, Taylor said, âI canât remember what I had for breakfast last week.â