Justice Dept. denies firing U.S. Attorneys for political reasons (UALR Public Radio) - A top Justice Department official says more than a half-dozen U.S. attorneys around the nation were fired in the last year, in some cases without cause. But Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty denied Democrats' allegations that they were dismissed and replaced for political reasons.

One of the federal prosecutors replaced was Bud Cummins of Little Rock.

In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, McNulty defended the department's firing of seven U-S attorneys since March, for reasons he would not divulge. McNulty reminded the panel that federal prosecutors serve at the pleasure of the president. And he repeated Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' promise to submit the name of every replacement to the Senate for
confirmation.



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