Prosecutors Say They Felt Pressured, Threatened - washingtonpost.com

Prosecutors Say They Felt Pressured, Threatened - washingtonpost.com:

"Another former prosecutor, John McKay of Seattle, alleged for the first time that he received a call from the chief of staff to Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), asking about an inquiry into vote-fraud charges in the state's hotly contested 2004 gubernatorial election. McKay said he cut the call short.

Ed Cassidy, a former Hastings aide who now works for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), said yesterday that the call was routine and did not violate 'permissible limits' on contact with federal prosecutors. Hastings, the ranking Republican on the House ethics committee, also said that the exchange was 'entirely appropriate.'

In remarks after the hearings, McKay said that officials in the White House counsel's office, including then-counsel Harriet E. Miers, asked him to explain why he had 'mishandled' the governor's race during an interview for a federal judgeship in September 2006. McKay was informed after his dismissal that he also was not a finalist for the federal bench."

Yet another Bush Fiasco. Republicans, all kinds from all levels, are taking hits on this one.