Michael Elston

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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

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

Michael James Elston (born February 7, 1969), a United States lawyer and political appointee in the administration of President George W. Bush. Elston is the former Chief of Staff & Counselor, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice.