Bud Cummins
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Bud Cummins, (Henry E. Cummins III), was born in Enid, Oklahoma. He is a former United States Attorney for six years in the Eastern District of Arkansas.
He moved to Little Rock, and after working in the construction business, Cummins obtained a law degree from the William H. Bowen School of Law. Subsequently, he was a law clerk for United States Magistrate Judge John F. Forster, Jr., and later was a clerk to Chief United States District Judge Stephen M. Reasoner. Soon after Cummins set up his own private law practice.
In 1996 he ran as a Republican for the U.S. Congress, losing 52-48 to Democrat Vic Snyder in a race noted for personal attacks.[1][2] He later served as Governor Mike Huckabee's Chief Legal Counsel.
In November 2001 George W. Bush appointed him as a United States Attorney.
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Cummins received national attention when he was fired by the US Attorney General despite having received a positive job review.[3] He has been called "one of the most distinguished lawyers in Arkansas".[4]
Early in the Congressional investigations of the firings, Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty testified that Cummins was removed for no reason except to install a former aide to Karl Rove: 37-year-old Timothy Griffin, a former Republican National Committee opposition research director.[5] Cummins, apparently, "was ousted after Harriet E. Miers, the former White House counsel, intervened on behalf of Griffin."[6] Cummins told the Senate Judiciary Committee "that Mike Elston, the deputy attorney general's top aide, threatened him with retaliation in a phone call last month if he went public."[7] Emails show that Cummins passed on the warning to some of the other Attorneys who were fired.[8]
Reportedly Monica Goodling "took a leading role in making sure that Tim Griffin, a protege of presidential adviser Karl Rove, replaced H.E. "Bud" Cummins as the U.S. attorney in Arkansas. Documents released to Congress include communications between Goodling and Scott Jennings, Rove's deputy."[9]
[edit] Investigations
Cummins had been investigating Missouri Governor Matt Blunt's Administration to see if he "abused his power by forming a system of umbrella companies established through Kansas City law firm Lathrop & Gage LC to run the state’s licensing network."[10] The investigation stopped when Cummins was fired.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/elections_results/1996/ballot_results.html
- ^ http://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/elect2000/A_14y2ndwk5.html
- ^ Johnston, David. "Inquiry Into Ouster of U.S. Attorneys Moves Toward Subpoenas at Justice Department", New York Times, March 8, 2007. Retrieved on 2006-03-16.
- ^ http://www.mirrorofjustice.com/mirrorofjustice/2007/02/youre_doing_a_h.html
- ^ Kevin Johnson. "Prosecutor fired so ex-Rove aide could get his job", USA Today, February 6, 2007.
- ^ David Johnston. "White House Is Reported to Be Linked to a Dismissal", The New York Times, February 16, 2007.
- ^ Robert Schmidt. "Fired Prosecutor Says He Was Warned to Keep Quiet (Update2)", Bloomberg News, March 6, 2007.
- ^ http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/DOJDocsPt3-6070319.pdf Emails release by the House Judiciary Committee, email of Feb 20, 2007, page 17
- ^ "Who is Monica Goodling?", McClatchy Newspapers, March 26, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
- ^ http://www.sbj.net/weekly_article.asp?aID=691414202.5048713.952926.3109897.4702101.697&page=1
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