For months it has been suspected that Thomas Heffelfinger was pushed out of the Minnesota US Attorney job to make way for Rachel Paulose. Heffelfinger has insisted he left for personal reasons. Tonight Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev, of McClatchy's Washington Bureau, offhandedly report at the bottom of a somewhat related story that
a U.S. attorney in Minnesota, who disagreed with the Justice Department on a case involving voting rolls, was asked to resign early last year.Minnesota only has one US Attorney.
My guess is they confused Minnesota with Missouri. Todd Graves was pushed out in part because he disagreed with Brad Schlozman about a voting rolls case. If not, it is the biggest dropped lede in years. I can't wait to see the later additions.
Hey, the reporters live in Washington. Missouri, Minnesota, all those flyover states look alike.
