Politicizing Justice? Obama names DNC member Tim Purdon as a U.S. Attorney

LA Times, Top of the Ticket: “President Obama has named Tim Purdon as the chief federal prosecutor for North Dakota. As of early Friday morning, the White House transparent appointments website was not displaying the name of the 41-year-old Bismarck trial lawyer as being an Obama appointee . . . Purdon is a prominent Democratic donor and fundraiser, a national committeeman and was state chairman for the aborted presidential campaign of John Edwards, another trial lawyer.”