"I was one of the first people to say the U.S. attorney should take a look at it."

U.S. attorney is a position that can make headlines and launch political careers.

He then served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 1971 to 1973.

It's sort of unusual for the U.S. attorney to actually try a case.

"Have you gone to the U.S. attorney with this information?"

He was content to let the U.S. attorney have his moment of fame.

Johnson had no intention of going to the U.S. attorney.

Unfortunately, the two US attorneys working on the investigation both died under mysterious circumstances.

Can the president fire a U.S. attorney for any reason at all?

At the same time, his name was being bandied about for U.S. attorney.