Muckraker LAT: Defendants Seize on Politicization of DoJ by Paul Kiel 06.18.07 | 4:18 pm 0 The Los Angeles Times details the growing number of cases where defense lawyers “are citing the furor over the U.S. attorney dismissals as evidence that their cases may have been infected by politics.” Send Tips Paul Kiel is a former TPM reporter who covers covers business and consumer finance for ProPublica.