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Gap in Justice, White House e-mails raises questions
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A 16-day gap in e-mail records between the Justice Department and the White House concerning the firing of U.S. attorneys last year has attracted the attention of congressional investigators.

In an investigation into whether seven U.S. attorneys were fired for political rather than professional reasons, the Justice Department on Monday handed over 3,000 pages of documents to the House and Senate Judiciary committees.

But the documents included no correspondence about the firings in the critical time period between November 15, 2006, and December 2, 2006, right before the attorneys were asked for their resignations.(Related video: CNN's Wolf Blitzer asks Senator Chuck Schumer about the scandal over the firing of U.S. attorneys.)

Related video: CNN analysts Paul Begala and Terry Jeffrey discuss the showdown over Congressional subpoenas

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