Daniel Bogden

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Daniel G. Bogden is most well known for serving as United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, and being part of the Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy.

He was nominated for the position on September 4, 2001, and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on October 23, 2001.

Mr. Bogden holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toledo College of Law. He has worked for the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Office and the Washoe County District Attorney's Office. In 1990, he joined the United States Attorney’s Office in Reno, Nevada. In 1998, Mr. Bogden became Chief of the Reno Division of the United States Attorney's Office.

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Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy

Administration Officials Involved Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General and former White House Counsel Paul McNulty, Deputy Attorney General Karl Rove, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Harriet Miers, White House Counsel Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General Fred Fielding, White House Counsel William Kelley, Deputy White House Counsel Michael Elston, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General William Moschella, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Resigned Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General Michael A. Battle, Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys Monica Goodling, Justice Department's liaison to the White House US Attorneys who were fired H. E. Cummins III, Eastern District of Arkansas Kevin V. Ryan, Northern District of California Daniel Bogden, District of Nevada Carol Lam, Southern District of California David Iglesias, District of New Mexico Paul K. Charlton, District of Arizona John McKay, Western District of Washington) Margaret Chiara, Western District of Michigan United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Patrick Leahy, Chair (Democrat) Arlen Specter, Ranking member, former Chair (Republican) Brett Tolman former counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorney, District of Utah

Bogden was one of eight attorneys dismissed as part of the dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy. When Bogden was fired, Senator John Ensign, who had originally nominated him, was decidedly unhappy, particularly after hearing explanations by the Justice Department of the reasons. Ensign commented: "What the Justice Department testified yesterday is inconsistent with what they told me. I can't even tell you how upset I am at the Justice Department."^[1]. A week later, Ensign said "I'm calling on the President of the United States and the attorney general to restore Dan Bogden's reputation....Everyone in Nevada thought Dan had done a superb job....I believe a very good man was wronged and a process was flawed."^[2]. Paul McNulty, a senior DOJ official noted, in an email two days before the dismissals, "I'm still a little skittish about Bogden. He has been with DOJ since 1990 and, at age 50, has never had a job outside of government."^[3]

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