[norton]

"President Clinton, through Janet Reno, fired all of the U.S. Attorneys after he was elected. Clinton used the mass firing as a means of covering up his real intention -- to fire the U.S. Attorney in his home state of Arkansas. They didn't call Clinton "Slick Willie" for nothing."

I'm seeing conflicting reports on this and I don't remember myself which is correct:

Did GWB also fire all (or most) US Atty's following is election or did he not?

[SunkenCiv]

Dunno yet. Found this though:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZmMzQ5Zjg4ZGI1OTgxODA1OWM5YzFjYTRmYTlhNzk

"One of President Clinton’s very first official acts upon taking office in 1993 was to fire every United States attorney then serving — except one, Michael Chertoff, now Homeland Security secretary but then U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, who was kept on only because a powerful New Jersey Democrat, Sen. Bill Bradley, specifically requested his retention."

[Steve_Seattle]

"Did GWB also fire all (or most) US Atty's following is election or did he not?"

It's customary for most attorneys to be replaced when there is a change of administration, and that happened under Bush as well as Clinton. What made the Clinton situation different is that they were fired all at once, in a very abrupt and peremtory manner. They were told to go - NOW. The usual situation is that the old attorneys are eased out over a period of months.