Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz

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Paul K. Charlton Jan 31, 2007 Arizona Daniel G. Knauss tried to investigate Renzi and got fired

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In September 2006, it became clear that Charlton had launched an investigation of Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz, over a land-swap deal. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez's chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, subsequently included Charlton on a list of U.S. attorneys "we now should consider pushing out."[5] Sampson made the comment in a Sept. 13, 2006, letter to then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers.[6]

As recently as February 2005, Charlton had been on the so-called "retain" list.

On March 19, 2007, the White House released 3,000 pages of records connected to the controversy, including emails sent by Charlton to the Justice Department about his dismissal. On Dec. 21, 2006, Charlton sent a message to William W. Mercer, the third-ranking official in the department, writing, "Media now asking if I was asked to resign over leak in Congressman Renzi investigation." Charlton never received a response.[7]

The Wall Street Journal explained further allegations: that the Department of Justice intentionally delayed part of the investigation of Renzi until after the November 2006 election. They wrote:


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