McClatchy report: Griffin to leave U. S. attorney position tomorrow

Karl Rove buddy Tim Griffin, who replaced fired U. S. attorney Bud Cummins in Arkansas, will resign effective tomorrow, according to a report from McClatchy Newspapers' Washington Bureau. (Thanks to Heartland Diary of Betty B for pointing me to this article.)

Cummins, of course, was fired not too long after he began an investigation into Governor Matt Blunt's awarding of fee offices, including a number connected to associates and relatives of Sixth District Congressman Sam Graves:

Griffin at one point might have stayed on through the remainder of Bush's term. But when it was revealed that he was installed using a change to the USA Patriot Act that took away the Senate's power to reject him, Griffin said he would stay on only until a permanent replacement was nominated. As of Wednesday, it was unclear who that nominee would be. The Justice Department notified Congress that Griffin's first assistant, Jane W. Duke, would serve as acting U.S. attorney.