AP: Report: Bond opposition led to Graves' departure

More on Todd Graves' ouster as US Attorney... From AP:

Former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves of Missouri likely was forced out of his post two years ago because of opposition from Missouri Sen. Kit Bond's office, a Justice Department investigation concluded Monday.­­

The report by the department's internal watchdog found that the Republican senator's legal counsel, Jack Bartling, asked the White House at least twice in 2005 to remove Graves because of political friction between Bond's staff and that of Graves' brother, Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo.

Bartling told investigators that he wanted Graves out because Sam Graves' operation "did not run business" the way Bond's office wanted, the report stated. According to Bartling, Bond's staff had asked Todd Graves "to try to rein in his brother," but Todd Graves declined to do so...

So let me get this straight.  Todd Graves was not a "hero," forced out because of his standing up to the uber-partisan DOJ over lack of pursuing so-called "voter fraud", as he has indicated to press and under oath before members the United States Congress?

Like we've all been saying on Fired Up for years now, his alibi to Kraske that caught on like wildfire with the media and Congress just didn't pass the smell test...