Last week, US Attorney recused himself from the prosecution of the James O’Keefe, Mary Landrieu case. O’Keefe, Robert Flanagan, Joseph Basel and Stan Dai were arrested last week after alleged attempts to interfere with the Landrieu office telephone system.
Letten cited “various relevant factors” in a press release. No details were given.
Jan Mann will act as the "Attorney for the United States in this matter”.
According to an FBI affidavit, Basel and Flanagan were dressed as telephone repairmen. O'Keefe reportedly filmed the event with his cell phone.
The acting US Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana is William Flanagan, the father of Robert Flanagan.
According to the news release, the recusal decision came the day after the men were released from custody.
On the 26th US Senator David Vitter said in a statement "I've seen the news reports and it's obvious this is a very serious matter. We're blessed with an extremely competent U.S. attorney's office in New Orleans, and I know they'll handle this as aggressively as they have other serious cases".
Vitter did not specifically mention Letten by name.
Vitter has pushed the support of Letten and Flanagan for US Attorney for their respective districts.
Vitter had kept a hold on the new replacement for Flanagan until Letten was named as the US Attorney. Many political observers have noted that the issue of the US attorneys have become a political issue between Landrieu and Vitter.
It is uncertain if there were political issues associated with the recusal.
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