The Impolitic: Arizona US Attorney fired for failed porn case?: "...On another note, we haven't heard much about US Attorney Paul Charlton of the District of Arizona but Mark Kernes at AVN, uncovers a connection to Gonzales' recently declared war on porn and the administration's ongoing war on some drugs (warning adult content in ads). Charlton was not on the original 'to be terminated' list and it appears he was probably fired as a result of an obscenity case after an embarassing motion to dismiss was filed by the defense.
The case centers on an adult video vendor, Five Star Video, LC, that was indicted in May 06 for interstate transportation of obscene materials, namely a certain four videos. But here's where it gets interesting. Five Star was not the only vendor. A bigger retailer, Castle Megastores was also selling and renting the same videos across state lines. Ironically, Castle was, and is, 'under the supervision of the U.S. Trustee's Office of the Department of Justice, and the United States Bankruptcy Court of the District of Arizona.' In other words, our government is profiting from the same videos, while indicting a competitor for violating obscenity laws... "
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