Deputy U.S. attorney general quits over controversy

Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty is resigning, making him the highest-ranking Bush Administration employee to leave over the U.S. attorney controversy.

It was McNulty whose comments really caused the situation surrounding last year’s firing of eight U.S. attorneys, including David Iglesias of New Mexico, to explode when he testified under oath in February that at least one was ousted to make way for a Karl Rove protégé.

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