More on McKay, U.S. Attorneys

Justice Department Tried to Help McKay Get Judgeship, The Seattle Times: Postman on Politics (blog), March 20, 2007.

Bush warns Dems to take offer in firings, Seattle P-I (AP), March 20, 2007:

A defiant President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to have top aides testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down.

New light on McKay firing, Seattle P-I, March 20, 2007:

Two months before U.S. Attorney John McKay was fired, top Justice Department officials traded e-mails excoriating McKay for commenting in a Seattle P-I story about deep budget cuts and layoffs in his office.