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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteTuesday, June 05, 2007
By Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan will be interviewed on Thursday by investigators with the House Judiciary Committee to explore her role in the firings of eight federal prosecutors from around the country late last year.
A committee staff person this afternoon confirmed that the Department of Justice approved Ms. Buchanan's appearance before the investigators. She has retained an attorney who will accompany her to the interviews at the judiciary committee's offices.
The chair of the committee sent a letter to the Department of Justice on April 16, requesting to interview Ms. Buchanan, as well as a number of other people, to determine what involvement she had in putting together a list of federal prosecutors to be terminated.
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