Chris Oprison

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Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy

Administration Officials Involved

Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General and former White House Counsel
Paul McNulty, Deputy Attorney General
Karl Rove, Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Harriet Miers, White House Counsel
Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General
Fred Fielding, White House Counsel
William Kelley, Deputy White House Counsel
Michael Elston, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General
William Moschella, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General

Resigned

Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General
Michael A. Battle, Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys

Leave of Absence

Monica Goodling, Justice Department's liaison to the White House

US Attorneys who were fired

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Patrick Leahy, Chair (Democrat)
Arlen Specter, Ranking member (Republican)
Brett Tolman former counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee,
U.S. Attorney, District of Utah

Christopher G. Oprison (born April 1, 1971), a United States lawyer and political appointee in the administration of President George W. Bush.

[edit] Career

At the time of Oprison's donation to the 2004 Bush presidential campaign, he was an attorney with the firm of Skadden, Arps.

[edit] Controversies

Main article: Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy

Oprison conferred with and corresponded with Kyle Sampson in 2006 regarding the firing of the U.S. attorneys.

Oprison also vetted the statements made by Deputy Attorney General William Moschella before congress in February, 2007, which were later found to be false.