Does Colorado U.S. Attorney Troy Eid figure in to the raft of scandals plaguing the Republican Party?
emptywheel at DailyKos thinks so.
Follow below the fold for juicy excerpts.
In my post examining who BushCo has replaced the fired USAs with on the Native American Issues Subcommittee, I pointed out that DOJ decided to hide a salient fact about CO’s USA Troy Eid’s background. His DOJ bio reads:
Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig in 2003, Troy served for five years on the Cabinet of Colorado Governor Bill Owens.
And here’s the new one, helpfully titled “eid_bio_new“:
Returning to law practice in 2003, Troy was a partner in the Denver office of a national law firm, focusing on environmental, energy, technology, and federal Indian law, and was rated as one of America’s best business attorneys by CHAMBERS USA.
So Eid was lobbying for Jack Abramoff’s firm during the last half-year of Abramoff’s tenure. And he was lobbying on the same subjects, and for the same clients – in particular, the Mashpee Indian tribe… As part of his lobbying, Eid wrote a letter to Gale Norton encouraging recognition of the tribe. But Eid never registered to lobby the Department of the Interior.
Read all of emptywheel’s diary over on DailyKos for more tidbits, including how this might tie in to the US Attorney firing scandal.
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There was a period of time where you were absent. it’s nice to have you back. There’s a whole lot of explaining to do! There was a “putsch” starting in 2000 and we saw it especially in 2004. In 2006 we saw a democratic groundswell that pushed back. There’s a lot of pushing yet to be done. This Democracit Republic we call the United States, comprised of United Patriots, will, God willing, prevail. It’s so ironic that indigenous peoples were enlisted in this putsch strategy.
I have some new responsibilities (for my health, mostly), and I’ll be a bit more sporadic here because of it. But I’ll still check in when I can.
It is absurd to suggest the department of Justice would hire someone directly involved with or related to a person the department is prosecuting. The FBI looks into every US attorneys background. To get to be US attorney you have to pass that check. Eid clearly passed that check to become US attorney.