TPMMuckraker Tim Griffin: August 2009
Karl Rove
Griffin to Rove: We're Thinking Of Calling Our Baby "Karl"
Zachary Roth | August 11, 2009, 5:43PM
How big of a suckup is Tim Griffin, the Rove protege who the White House was trying to muscle into a U.S. attorney post after firing the previous occupant?
In a January 2007 email, Griffin wrote to Rove:
Topics: Karl Rove, Tim Griffin, U.S. Attorneys
U.S. Attorneys
Email: Rich Lowry Offered To Help White House Spin Firings
Zachary Roth | August 11, 2009, 4:09PM
Here's a fun nugget from the U.S. attorney documents (h/t reader B.M.):
It looks like Rich Lowry of National Review offered the White House his services in doing some positive P.R. on behalf of Rove protege Tim Griffin, who the administration had sought to muscle into the U.S. attorney job in Arkansas as a replacement for the fired Bud Cummins.
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