President Fires all U.S. Attorneys
President fires all of the U.S. Attorney's today in an unprecedented move. Not since the 93 Bill Clinton firings or the Alberto Gonzalez scandal of 2007 have this many U.S. Attorneys been let go. President Obama stated that he was unhappy with the way that certain attorneys had handled their cases. When asked if it was fair that all of them were let go for the mistakes of a few, President Obama replied, "I think that if I can let them go at my discretion, then it should be my decision without any recourse. When he was asked about the resignation of Alberto Gonzalez in 2007 for only eight attorneys being let go, he replied "A.G. did not have the backbone to stand up to the pressure. He didn't do anything wrong, he was just spineless."