Despite numerous allegations that she has used her office to help Alabama republicans gain and hold power, including the notorious prosecution of former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman, Leura Canary continues to hang onto her job, more than a year into the Obama presidency. Why?
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/new_controversy_for_us_attorney_in_siegelman_case.php?ref=mpA U.S. attorney in Alabama whose close ties to local Republicans were at the heart of previous high-profile charges of politicized justice is drawing scrutiny again. Last week, the U.S. Justice Department received a formal complaint alleging that an investigation being run in part by U.S. attorney Leura Canary was intended to influence the vote on an upcoming bill in the statehouse, and asking that Canary be removed from the probe because of her "close political ties" to Governor Bob Riley.
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