Media outrage over the Trump administration’s decision to sack 46 federal prosecutors landed with a thud when they were quickly reminded that former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama had done the same thing, but some in the press have pivoted with a new spin. It’s outrageous, NBC’s Chuck Todd said, because Attorney General Jeff Sessions (who was summarily fired by President Clinton as a U.S. Attorney in 1993) fired Preet Bharara. The attorney general himself is under scrutiny.”CNN, in a Friday story headlined "Anger mounts over handling of US attorney firings," said the problem with Trump's move is that he didn't give the prosecutors adequate warning. President Bush's Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, came under fire when he fired several federal prosecutors, citing their performance records. "They serve at the pleasure of the president," Gonzales told "Fox & Friends" Monday.

Source: Fox News March 13, 2017 13:01 UTC