U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose leaves for job at Justice Dept.
U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose leaves for job at Justice Dept.
The AP reports:
Rachel Paulose, the embattled U.S. attorney for Minnesota, will be leaving the post to take a position at the Justice Department in Washington, according to a Bush administration official and congressional aide.
Paulose was handpicked by the Justice Department for the U.S. Attorney post because of her personal connections. She is currently under investigation for allegations that she “mishandled classified information, decided to fire the subordinate who called it to her attention, retaliated against others in the office who crossed her, and made racist remarks about one employee.”
UPDATE: Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) spoke with Michael Mukasey before his confirmation as Attorney General and “expressed concerns about the allegations in the U.S. attorney’s office.” Justice Department employees, along with “prominent lawyers and law professors” in Minnesota, have also urged Mukasey to investigate Paulose’s mismanagement.
UPDATE II: Eric Black has Paulose’s resignation letter, noting that the “mood in the office is described as a combination of relief and euphoria.”
(HT: Atrios)
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Failing upwards – the hallmark of the Bush administration.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:49 pmShe’ll fit right in with all the other sterling examples of the Peter Principle.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:50 pmFailing upwards – the hallmark of the Bush administration.
Hammer meet nail.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:51 pmLovely.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:52 pmNot exactly leaving the entire Justice Dept. It just basically switch and bait jobs for Paulose. She still needs to be investigated.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:55 pmPeter principle hard(ly) at work in Bushco Crime Family LLD. (Lousy Lackeys Devoted)
November 19th, 2007 at 4:55 pm“According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, she was noted for dressing down underlings and quoting Bible verses on the job.”
Also, a member of the Federalist Society.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:56 pmWorked in the private sector filing “election lawsuits on behalf of the Minnesota GOP”…
November 19th, 2007 at 4:59 pmAlso, a member of the Federalist Society.
Comment by Frosty Cupcake
Did she graduate from Regents Law School?
November 19th, 2007 at 5:00 pmEver the victim mongers, these Bush Cultists, she claimed she was being discriminated because she was a woman, a minority, a Federalist Society Member, a Christian, a conservative and a Republican.
See ya Rachel, don’t the scales of justice fall from your eyes.
-GSD
November 19th, 2007 at 5:01 pmSo is Paulose getting this job because of the stellar job she was doing in Minnesota, or does Mukasey just want to keep an eye on her?
My guess is that Bush koolaid drinkers are getting harder and harder to come by, so you don’t fire them no matter how inadequately they are performing. Since Paulose was about to be ridden out of town on a rail in Minnesota, the only way to keep her was at the home office.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:02 pmJudge Mucousy can take her under his craggy, vulture like wing.
-GSD
November 19th, 2007 at 5:02 pmUpdate: The Star Tribune reports:
“U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose has quit her job in Minnesota and will return to Washington, D.C., in January to take a job as a legal policy adviser to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and his deputy.”
So, she is not REALLY leaving the Justice Department.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:03 pmDid she graduate from Regents Law School?
Comment by StratRat — November 19, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
That was my first thought, too. Ha!
No, from Yale. Explains why she was hired to work for the GOP, though, in private practice…they want competent attorneys to represent them when it really counts.
Winning elections.
But for the general welfare? We get Regents grads.
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November 19th, 2007 at 5:04 pmMAYBE Mukasey wants her in DC to expain waterboarding to HIM!!!
November 19th, 2007 at 5:14 pmOT- sort of –
“WASHINGTON (CNN) – New Jersey Rep. Mike Ferguson announced Monday he would not seek reelection in 2009, the 18th Republican this year to announce plans to either leave office during or retire at the close of the 110th Congress.
Ferguson, who was first elected in 2000, narrowly won re-election last year beating Democrat Linda Stender by a 49 percent to 48 percent margin.”
November 19th, 2007 at 5:17 pmDoes Canada take in political refugees? Mexico?
November 19th, 2007 at 5:18 pmMaybe she can be transferred into the IG department so she can mediate the knock down drag out between Cane and Able, I mean Buzzy and Cookie.
Oh those Loyal Bushies!
November 19th, 2007 at 5:18 pmPerhaps Rachael and her friend Monica could start a Christian escort service in DC. They can specialize in mind-f (ks just by talking about their philosophies on different aspects of life as one of God’s warriors.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:27 pmGood to see the Bush Administration is hiring racist lawyers as they have done for the past 7 years. No wonder there’s so much prejudice in the new Legal System. If any lawyers out there are racist and will commit crimes per order of the White House put in your resumes now. Mikie and Mark are working hard to full the positions with racist lawyers.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:30 pm#13 SP Biloxi:
“U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose has quit her job in Minnesota and will return to Washington, D.C., in January to take a job as a legal policy adviser to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and his deputy.â€
Wow. That really gives me the warm fuzzies about Mukasey’s “independence” and absence of political inclinations … I mean, hiring one of Rove’s and Gonzales’s hand-picked political thugs; an incompetent one at that….
Cheers,
November 19th, 2007 at 5:35 pm“she mishandled classified information, fired the subordinate who called it to her attention, retaliated against others in the office who crossed her, and made racist remarks”
She’ll fit right in with the Bush crowd, a perfect example of Christofascist work ethics.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
November 19th, 2007 at 5:37 pmNow, that’s cool! Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy.
That’s where, as the Assistant Attorney General, Mayor Giuliani got his first ‘foreign policy experience’ when he interviewed ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier and determined that there was no longer any political persecution in Haiti, deciding—as a matter of legal policy—that we ought to pack up those 2,000 Haitian refugees and send them back home to the people who loved them!
Great. Maybe she can follow the path and become the female, Indian-American, conservative, persecuted fundamentalist Mayor of New York City someday…
November 19th, 2007 at 5:41 pmLooks like she’s due for a promotion. a big pay raise and a big “hero” medal, just like some of her contemporaries. Yea.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:05 pmA card carryin Kronies R Us member.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:05 pmRepubs always fail upwards.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:22 pmThat’s because Repubs do not believe in Government.
Repubs view government the same way a flea views a dog…as a good place to get fat.
Repubs in Government do not serve the nation, they serve themselves…it’s the old “I got mine, to hell with you” Repub attitude.
The second update, the link to Eric Black’s blog, is worth reading. He reports that another mass resignation was under discussion in the office today. It sounds to me like DOJ had to do an emergency extraction of Paulose before another embarassing mass resignation occurred.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:33 pmThis is upsetting… Another loyal Bushie (who has already proven herself a partisan hack) being installed by our new and improved AG. So things were supposed to be different now–a fresh start for the Justice Department? Schumer you enormous rusty tool–no chance now I’ll vote for you again!
November 19th, 2007 at 6:42 pmAnd where are the DemoRats? Absent!
Chuck (The Phu(king Schmuck) Schumer screwed us with the Muckcrazy nomination!! The DoJ is still corrupt to the core!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fiengold caved like a RePugniScum owned coal mine!!!
Nancy PollLoser does NOTHING!!! REALLY NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING!!!
Sen. Hairless (and Spineless) Reid does nothing!!!
The Senate sucks across the board!!!
November 19th, 2007 at 7:10 pm#28 Sorry, Should read “Fienstein” instead of “Fiengold” sorry Russ!!
November 19th, 2007 at 7:51 pmDid Palouse hire a color guard and choir for the announcement this time, too?
November 19th, 2007 at 8:34 pmOh, #30, landofthefree, you beat me to it. That was my question. :)
November 19th, 2007 at 9:05 pmWe in the Twin Cities are singing “Ding dong the witch is gone!”.
I’ll have a drink to that.
November 19th, 2007 at 9:08 pmSo, if you destroy your department you are in line for another “cushy government job”? Nice!
November 19th, 2007 at 9:12 pmPromoted to twist the truth. A good definition of Mukasey himself. Just why did we need another Bush appointment to AG exactly. Boot any Senator who voted for this crap.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:23 pmLet me get this straight. She is leaving to work for the Justice department, and Mukasey is being asked to investigate her performance in Minneapolis. Is that right? Does anybody see the lack of logic here?
November 19th, 2007 at 10:59 pmSo long, Bee-yotch! And don’t let the screen door hit ya where God split ya!
Seriously, though, there was talk about Mukasey wanting to get her out of there. The jury’s still out on Mukasey, but if he doesn’t do anything else, I think he’s at least going to fix some of the more dysfunctional parts of the DoJ. And, Paulose’s office is one of the worst.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:48 pm