Straight to the top.
John McKay, the former US Attorney from Washington state who didn’t open an investigation into claims of voter fraud in the 2004 state gubernatorial election, heard from someone else beside Rep. “Doc” Hastings (R-WA).
From the Post …
In remarks after the hearings, McKay said that officials in the White House counsel’s office, including then-counsel Harriet E. Miers, asked him to explain why he had “mishandled” the governor’s race during an interview for a federal judgeship in September 2006. McKay was informed after his dismissal that he also was not a finalist for the federal bench.
