Remember the stated reason Karl Rove gave for firing a bunch of US Attorneys? He saw these US Attorney positions as a great stepping stone for rising political stars. Now Mary Beth Buchanan joins the list of USAs running.

Michele Brown gets a job–in no time–at a firm deeply involved in the Chris Christie Deferred Prosecution Agreement scam.

I guess if you don’t give AGAG wingnut welfare, then he’s liable to say things that support his potential defenses in upcoming trials, not Cheney’s.

Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton have an article on the Purgegate document release in today’s New York Times. There were a few paragraphs by the two Erics that stood out to me and gave me pause.

I’m going to take a quick glance before I hop in the car to drive to Pittsburgh. But I’ll take a closer look tonight.Rove InterviewMiers InterviewWhite House DocumentsRNC Documents

Gonzales hasn’t spoken to Bush since the President left office in January. That’s a rather interesting silence.

Now why do you suppose Robert Luskin went to the trouble of orchestrating a limited hang-out in the NYT and WaPo yesterday?

The WaPo reveals that they had an hour-long interview with Karl Rove earlier this month–at which he tried to spin his role in the US Attorney firings. Apparently, though, his spin was debunked by documents the WaPo received.

Karl Rove had a 8.5 hour deposition today.

Via Murray Waas, writing at The Hill, we have at long last fresh news on the Rick Renzi corruption case in Arizona. As you will recall, Renzi’s indictment was a critical prong in the greater US Attorney firing scandal, specifically as to Arizona US Attorney Paul Charlton.