William K. Kelley

William K. (Bill) Kelley, who has served as both Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President in the Office of Counsel for President George W. Bush, "will return to his teaching job at Notre Dame at the end of [June 2007]." Kelley "has been caught up in the U.S. attorney controversy."

Kelley "was involved in meetings and e-mails that discussed whether to fire some U.S. attorneys. One fired prosecutor, John McKay of Seattle, has said he was asked during a meeting with Kelley and then-White House counsel Harriet Miers why Republicans in Washington state were angry at him, raising the question of whether his dismissal was political. Lawmakers have subpoenaed Miers and Kelley, but the White House has declined to make them available."

J. Michael Farren was named on June 8, 2007, as Kelley's replacement.

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