Margaret Chiara’s Falsely-Accused “Lover” Re-Hired

By: emptywheel Tuesday February 3, 2009 7:07 am

DOJ has re-hired one of the lawyers fired in the Gonzales-era witch hunts. But all is not yet well for Leslie Hagen.

The Smearmongers Who Took Down Chiara and Hagen Got Promoted to Main Justice

By: emptywheel Tuesday July 29, 2008 7:37 am

The attorneys who spread the rumor that Margaret Chiara and Leslie Hagen were having an inappropriate gay relationship got moved to jobs in DC.

Monica Discriminated against Margaret Chiara’s Purported Lover, Too

By: emptywheel Monday July 28, 2008 1:32 pm

Today’s DOJ report includes a denial from Margaret Chiara and Leslie Hagen that they were in a relationship. Yet that alleged affair was–by all accounts–the reason Chiara was fired. Was Chiara fired based on a false rumor?

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