DOJ Civil Rights Division Hiring

According to Jason McClure of the Legal Times (Law.Com) a focus this week of the DOJ "firings" investigation will be the hiring practices in the civil rights division.  A hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary has the following lineup of witnesses set for Tuesday -

Updated Witness List Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on “Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? – Part V” Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226 2:30 p.m. Panel I Bradley J. Schlozman Associate Counsel to the Director Executive Office for United States Attorneys Former Interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri Former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC Panel II Todd Graves Former U.S. Attorney Western District of Missouri Kansas City, MO

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