--- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jstein wrote: > > Usually U.S. attorneys' resignations *are* accepted. > > > Apparently all the U.S. Attorneys who were fired had been on > the job for over four years, so they probably should have resigned > without being fired. From what I've read, U.S. Attorneys serve four > years after being appointed, not four years of the President's term.
U.S. attorneys normally serve for the entire time the president who appointed them--usually at the beginning of the first term--is in office. Once they're appointed, it's rare for them to be fired. If the president serves two terms, the attorneys typically stay for the second four years.
