By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
New Orleans U.S. Attorney Jim Letten removed himself last week from the phone tampering scandal involving Sen. Mary Landrieu’s New Orleans office, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported.
The paper said a press release sent Monday night to reporters stated Letten recused himself from the case because of “various relevant factors.” The release did no specify what those were, but indicated his first assistant Jan Mann would act as the U.S. Attorney for the matter.
The news release said the decision came a day after four men were arrested for tampering with the phones. Since then, it has become apparent the incident was part of a political conservative prank.
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