Attorney General Pam Bondi borrowed Chief Financial Office Jeff Atwater’s inspector general Wednesday for an investigation into the disputed firings of two staff lawyers who ran tough prosecutions of mortgage-fraud cases.
Atwater said he will keep his distance from the case, directing Inspector General Ned Luczynski to make his report directly to Bondi’s internal investigator, Jim Varnado.
Two Democratic legislators meanwhile contacted U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and the Department of Justice, urging a federal inquiry to determine if “these terminations may have been motivated by outside special interests.” Bondi, a Republican, has said she knew nothing about the ouster of assistant Attorneys General June Clarkson and Theresa Edwards in May, but that she supports the decision by three top aides.
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