The Justice Department has announced two interim replacements for Margaret Chiara, the former U.S. attorney for the district of Western Michigan who resigned as part of a Justice Department purge.
Brian Delaney will serve as interim U.S. attorney until mid-April, when Charles Gross will succeed him, the department said Monday. Gross will remain until a permanent replacement is nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate.
Chiara's last day was Friday.
Update: The New York Times:
In one case, Margaret M. Chiara, a United States attorney in Michigan, pleaded for a few extra weeks on the federal payroll while she looked for a job.
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In one note, Ms. Chiara urged Mr. McNulty to quickly revise the explanation the department was offering for the dismissals.“The legal community in Grand Rapids and organizations throughout Michigan are outraged that I am being labeled a ‘poor performer,’ ” she wrote in a March 4 message to Mr. McNulty. “Know that I am considered a personification of ethics and productivity.”
She also wrote that she had heard she was being removed to make way for a member of Congress who was expected to lose his seat in the November election.
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