Prosecutor Griffin now rejects post

Interim appointee blames Senate flak

By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports

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Tim Griffin (left) and Bud Cummins. The assistant attorney general has said that Cummins was not replaced for performance-related issues, but other prosecutors were.

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Tim Griffin, whose December appointment as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas sparked a national outcry about surreptitious changes made to a law affecting federal prosecutors, says he no longer wants the job permanently.

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This article was published February 16, 2007 at 3:24 a.m.

Front Section, Pages 1, 12 on 02/16/2007

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