Esther Slater McDonald

[Liberal_in_LA]

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Who Is Esther Slater McDonald?
By Kate Klonick - June 25, 2008, 8:41PM
Only two people were tagged in the DOJ Inspector General's report (pdf) released yesterday for having violated federal law and department policy by screening applicants for career positions based on "political or ideological" factors.

One, Michael Elston, the former chief of staff for the deputy attorney general, we've already heard plenty about and has been in the mix since almost the moment the story of the politicization of DOJ broke. But the other, Esther Slater McDonald, is new to the DOJ name-game.

So who is she?

The IG report covers the time in which McDonald served as counsel to Associate Attorney General Bill Mercer, a short time frame of just thirteen months. But though she was there just a little over a year, McDonald's name peppers the OIG report (pdf) over 100 times. She was deeply involved in trying to ferret out the political leanings of applicants. The report describes her frequent Internet searches of applicants to determine if they were "anarchists" or "leftists."

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Since leaving DOJ, she has been working as an associate at the D.C. law firm, Seyfarth Shaw.

[Gothmog]

1. They are trying to take away her bar card

A complaint has been filed to try to get her disbarred. It could not happen to a more deserving person

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. good. I posted this to keep her name out there. A public shaming is the least she deserves.

[XemaSab]

2. She related to Julie McDonald?

:shrug: