Is it not the case that the Clintons fired all 93 US attorneys when they took office? I don’t see that mentioned in the article.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the reason, for some, that the Clinton case doesn’t get a lot of traction is because he fired them at the ‘beginning’ of his term, a more or less standard procedure for presidents if memory serves. Firing attorneys, or threatening to do so, after the president has been in office for some period of time is viewed (again, for some) as a more problematic political proposition. I did a short search and could find no instance of Clinton firing attorneys once they were in place.