11. He has, they say, surrounded himself with career prosecutors whose practiced good judgment will keep him on the right path. 12. He had been a career prosecutor who had never held elective office. 13. He never mentioned the five career prosecutors, Democratic and Republican, who said they would never have prosecuted such a case. 14. Holder said that cases now referred to independent counsels could be handled by career prosecutors at the Justice Department. 15. Instead, attorneys general should turn to experienced career prosecutors who have no ties to any particular administration to conduct the investigations. 16. McKay applauded Reno for relying on career prosecutors in arriving at her decision. 17. Meanwhile, career prosecutors who had intended to aggressively investigate the allegations were left to speculate about what had happened. 18. Ms. Reno had brought the career prosecutor and investigator into the case in October to counter complaints in Congress that she had allowed the Justice Department inquiry to drift. 19. Mueller is seen by many as a consummate manager and career prosecutor, and he has worked in both Republican and Democratic administrations. 20. Paul McLaughlin was a public servant, a mild and methodical career prosecutor who rarely stood out. |