Purged prosecutors to testify before both the House and Senate tomorrow.
(Update: In anticipation of tomorrow’s hearing, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) put out the following statement: “The plot continues to thicken. No one believes anymore these U.S. Attorneys were fired for any good reason and we will start to uncover the real truth at our hearing on Tuesday.”)
Breaking: Heads rolling in 
advance of tomorrow’s rumble?
We’re hearing that Michael Battle the executive director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys has resigned.
He’s the one who made the firing calls on December 7th of last year.
More soon.
Update: The AP has confirmed it. Details here.
Late Update: I realized when a reader brought it up that the way I led this post gave the impression that Battle had been fired. On the contrary, our strong impression is that he resigned.
Even Later Update: The DOJ spokesman insists Battle’s “departure is not connected to the U.S. attorney controversy whatsoever.” This story is still awash with coincidences.
Newsweek does Rudy Giuliani’s Presidential campaign a very big favor.
More details emerge concerning Michael Battle’s resignation.
Here’s the ousted prosecutors’ joint written statement, which will be read before tomorrow’s hearing in the House by former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam of San Diego.
Okay, I got no dog in this fight. But I thought this was clever. So I’ll pass it along.
(ed.note: I’ve been assured that the creators are not connected to the Obama campaign.)
House Dems planning to keep the public focused on the Walter Reed scandal by pushing the story in VA hospitals in their districts.
Okay, here’s a little TPM due diligence for you. If you’ve been following the latest chapter of the fired US attorneys scandal, you know that Sen. Domenici (R-NM) is claiming that he tried to get US attorney David Iglesias fired because of his “inability” to “move more quickly on cases.”
Unfortunately, federal judiciary statistics show just the opposite was the case.
Yet another wingnut tale about Hillary is revealed to be dishonest.