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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021600936_pf.htmlFormer Rove Aide Won't Seek Nomination in Ark.
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 16, 2007; 3:04 PM
Tim Griffin, the former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove who has been at the center of a political storm over U.S. attorney firings, says he will not seek the nomination to be chief prosecutor in Little Rock, Ark.
Griffin, 38, a former military lawyer who worked for Rove and the Republican National Committee, said last night that opposition from Democrats, including Arkansas Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, made it unlikely he could be confirmed for the job.
"I don't think there's any way I could get fair treatment by Sen. Pryor or others on the Judiciary Committee," Griffin told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, which first reported Griffin's decision. He added that submitting his name to the Senate for confirmation "would be like volunteering to stand in front of a firing squad in the middle of a three-ring circus."
Griffin's decision to step aside is the latest development in an ongoing controversy over the firings of seven U.S. attorneys by the Justice Department, which has angered lawmakers of both parties and prompted a battle over the attorney general's power to name replacements.
Justice Department officials have said that six of the attorneys were fired for "performance-related" reasons.
But Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty acknowledged in testimony earlier this month that in the case of Little Rock, former U.S. attorney Bud Cummins was asked to leave to make way for Griffin. The department had said it intended to nominate Griffin for the permanent job but had not formally submitted his name to the Senate....
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