She said a supervisor demanded that she and her trial team drop recommendations that tobacco executives be removed from their corporate positions as a possible penalty. He and two others instructed her to tell key witnesses to change their testimony. And they ordered Eubanks to read verbatim a closing argument they had rewritten for her, she said.

Let me preface this by saying, I'm a smoker. That said, why on earth would the Bushies want to go easy on the tobacco companies in a case that was already won??? I can only come up with one answer, and i is so that the tobacco companies give the money to support Republicans rather than payment in the settlement.

Any other ideas, please post them.

Prosecutor Says Bush Appointees Interfered With Tobacco Case - washingtonpost.com