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Patrick Fitzgerald quits U.S. attorney post after nearly 11 years
SunTimes ^ | 5-23-12 | Sun Times Staff

Posted on 05/23/2012 2:36:34 PM PDT by STARWISE

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Well, Dickie Durbin's chice of successor should be interesting. Hope Kirk is strong enough to negotiate for a worthy, non-political replacement. In Illinois, there are always high-placed political croney crimes in progress and more big fish to fry.
1 posted on 05/23/2012 2:36:51 PM PDT by STARWISE
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Good riddance!!


2 posted on 05/23/2012 2:42:54 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Da Bro' Gotsta Go!)
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Gotta replace him now, just in case Mitt wins and replaces him later with a Republican. Have to make sure one of Barry’s friends remains in that post, lest someone less friendly take the post later on.


3 posted on 05/23/2012 2:51:02 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Support hate crime laws: Because some victims are more equal than others.)
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To: RedMDer; trisham; TheOldLady; musicman; vox_freedom; JoeProBono; The Cajun; Lazamataz; moose07; ...

chice = choice

.. Ping!


4 posted on 05/23/2012 2:53:30 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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Makes ya wonder how ‘persuadable’ he is.


5 posted on 05/23/2012 2:55:34 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: Thane_Banquo

US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. If Mitt wins, he can fire all the US Attorneys and replace them with his own appointees.


6 posted on 05/23/2012 2:55:37 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Publius Valerius; Thane_Banquo

That’s right! (duh ... Clintons )


7 posted on 05/23/2012 3:06:18 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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Just looked over the CHI-Crime thread last week. So much material that has not been prosecuted. Hopefully many arrest before he steps down. Have been waiting for the BIG one for years.


8 posted on 05/23/2012 3:19:25 PM PDT by hoosiermama ( Obama: " born in Kenya."..Is he lying now or was he lying then?)
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To: STARWISE

If for some reason Holder were to step down at DOJ (unlikely), that douchebag Fitzgerald would be on the short list to take over, believe it.


9 posted on 05/23/2012 3:20:23 PM PDT by mkjessup (Eternal Vigilance (aka FReeper Tom Hoefling) has my vote for President in 2012.)
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With any luck Holder will have to step down in January of 2013, and then President Romney can appoint Fitzgerald to replace him.


10 posted on 05/23/2012 3:32:28 PM PDT by RonF
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To: STARWISE

Bye, Bye AG Fitzgerald; if only we could have said that nine years ago!!!


11 posted on 05/23/2012 3:34:01 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: STARWISE

Gerald Fitzpatrick?


12 posted on 05/23/2012 3:34:33 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. If Mitt wins, he can fire all the US Attorneys and replace them with his own appointees.

If memory serves, GW Bush allowed most/all Clinton-appointed US attorneys to stay. He probably should have cleaned house. This may have cost him in certain cases such as the housing/loan/investment melt-down among others. I fear Mitt will keep Barry's people in place in a similar manner. If I were to bet, I would think Mitt will NOT replace Barry's appointees.

13 posted on 05/23/2012 3:42:19 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: STARWISE

Swishing off into the sunset with his gay lover Gerald Fitzpatrick?


14 posted on 05/23/2012 5:18:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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If memory serves, GW Bush allowed most/all Clinton-appointed US attorneys to stay. He probably should have cleaned house.

Yeah, since Clinton replaced every single US attorney in the country.

Ad then the Left had the absolute gall to scream when Bush wanted to replace ANY of them - and Bush backed down!

Bah.

15 posted on 05/23/2012 5:34:23 PM PDT by Talisker (He who commands, must obey.)
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To: Publius Valerius

Yeah, W tried that. Look where it got him.


16 posted on 05/23/2012 6:03:49 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Support hate crime laws: Because some victims are more equal than others.)
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Good riddance. Fitzgerald deserves to do time ....his persecution of Scooter Libby was disgusting.

Fitzpatrick KNEW who inadvertently leaked Valarie Plame’s name before he started the investigation ....and when there was a fairly trivial difference between Libby’s recollection and a newsman’s recollection, he claimed it was perjury and sought big fines and big time. Absolutely horrible actions by an extremely UNETHICAL JERK!!! I would love to see him suffer in a manner like Libby suffered!!


17 posted on 05/23/2012 7:07:39 PM PDT by Vineyard
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True ... he’s very quirky, eccentric and stubbornly willful once HIS perception of the crime takes hold in his brain, regardless of any other information. He’s undeterrable. I’d be surprised if he suffers professionally. The rest: in God’s hands.

God bless Scooter and his family. They got it handed to them in spades and shamefully. I’ll never be convinced otherwise. Armitage and Powell should rot somewhere very hot.

And Blago? I’ll always believe the investigation was stopped just short of the really big fish being revealed for their complicity with the Blago arrest.


18 posted on 05/23/2012 7:32:12 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: Publius Valerius; SERKIT

You’re correct but recall when Clinton fired them all, there was nary a peep out of the press. When George W. Bush fired only 6 or 7 of Clinton’s appointees, there was a screaming hissy fit about politicizing the U.S. Attorney’s posts.


19 posted on 05/23/2012 7:33:52 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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And Blago? I’ll always believe the investigation was stopped just short of the really big fish being revealed for their complicity with the Blago arrest.

Fitzgerald is just another corrupt .gov thug.

20 posted on 05/23/2012 8:53:43 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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