Justice Inquiry Centers on Dismissal, Gay Rumors

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Justice Inquiry Centers on Dismissal, Gay Rumors
by Ari Shapiro

NPR.org, April 15, 2008 · The Justice Department's inspector general confirmed Tuesday that he is looking into whether a Department lawyer was dismissed over a rumor that she is a lesbian.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Leslie A. Hagen was informed in 2006 that her contract working on Indian Affairs in the Department's Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys would not be renewed for a second year — despite receiving the highest possible performance reviews.

When NPR first reported Hagen's case earlier this month, the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Inspector General's Office and the Office of Professional Responsibility to confirm that they were looking into Hagen's case.

Monday night, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) received a response.

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