Former President Bill Clinton asked 93 politically-appointed U.S. attorneys to resign in 1993, which didn’t prompt as much media outrage as when President Trump did it.
“Attorney General Janet Reno today demanded the prompt resignation of all U.S. attorneys, leading the federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia to suggest that the order could be tied to his long-running investigation of Representative Dan Rostenkowski, a crucial ally of President Clinton,” reported the New York Times on March 24, 1993. “All 93 US attorneys knew they would be asked to step down, since all are Republican holdovers, and 16 have resigned so far.” -- More...
