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Apr 14, 2007 9:54 am US/Central

Dems: Conservative Credentials Important To DOJ

Minneapolis (AP) ― A spreadsheet released by the Justice Department shows that past and present U.S. attorneys in Minnesota may have been rated in part on whether they were members of a conservative law association.

The spreadsheet was released as part of the congressional probe into the firings of eight federal prosecutors. It lists qualifications of 124 U.S. attorneys nominated since 2001 -- including Minnesota's Rachel Paulose and her predecessor Tom Heffelfinger.

The document has columns for prosecution experience, political experience, judicial experience -- and membership in the conservative Federalist Society. Paulose was listed as a member while Heffelfinger is listed without affiliation.

Democrats said it shows conservative credentials were important to the Justice Department.

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