A Thursday report said the firing of Georgia Thompson, which was a dominant issue in the 2006 election, needs more scrutiny to see if it was politically motivated.
The report by the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee dealt with the possible politicization of cases by federal attorneys in the Department of Justice.
The report said the DOJ has not provided access to the personal notes of U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic and other related memos. Biskupic prosecuted the case.
Thompson was convicted of giving a state contract to a travel agency because it donated to the campaign of Gov. Jim Doyle, but an Appeals Court overturned the ruling. The court said the evidence against Thompson was beyond thin"" and the prosecution's arguments were ""preposterous.""
Several other U.S. Attorneys were fired, according to the report, because they did not show enough loyalty to DOJ political agendas. The report said Biskupic was cooperative in the investigations and he has stated the case was not due to political reasons.
