DoJ Vouched for Ousted Prosecutor

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Earlier, we noted that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) had referenced a letter she’d received from the Justice Department essentially vouching for U.S. Attorney Carol Lam’s approach in prosecuting border cases.

You can read the letter here. It’s dated August 23, 2006. Little more than three months later, Lam was fired — according to the administration, because of her office’s poor performance prosecuting border cases.

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