Abrupt dismissals spark turmoil among federal prosecutors

Monday, March 13, 2017

WASHINGTON -- Two days before Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered dozens of the country's top federal prosecutors to clean out their desks, he gave those political appointees a pep talk during a conference call.

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