Sampson and Harriet Miers created a list of U.S. Attorneys to be fired, as shown by emails produced for a Congressional investigation, and Sampson coordinated the execution of the plan. "Miers had pushed to fire them all," and Administration officials "were determined to dismiss those they considered the weakest performers." Sampson, "at the behest of the White House," conducted "a review to determine which of the ninety-three U.S. attorneys around the country should be let go." "Sampson had good political instincts, having worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Orrin Hatch before moving to the White House counsel's office to work for Gonzales." Sampson wrote in an email to Miers that he was