Jim Letten, the United States attorney prosecuting the James O’Keefe case, has recused himself after it was learned that he denied O’Keefe legal representation for over 28 hours even while leaking details to the media. Legal representation is constitutional right and individuals are notified of the right at the time of arrest.

“James O’Keefe sat in jail for 28 hours without access to an attorney, while the U.S. attorney leaked the information about his arrest, helping the media frame it as ‘Watergate Junior,’” Breitbart said.

Letten stepped down shortly after Breitbart’s revelation, having been publicly shamed.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the al Qaeda operative who attempted to murder about 300 people over Detroit and possessed information about impending attacks, was given an attorney shortly after his arrest. O’Keefe, a conservative filmmaker and critic of the Obama Administration, was apparently forced to wait 28 hours for the same right.

Why would the U.S. attorney want to see O’Keefe torn apart needlessly in the media? O’Keefe embarrassed the Justice Department by exposing ACORN’s corruption and demanding an investigation by the Attorney General — an investigation that has yet to come to fruition.

Now Jan Maselli Mann, who had bank fraud charges dismissed against a man who volunteered to come back and face prosecution at some point, takes over the O’Keefe case. Maybe she’ll think about granting the same rights to the conservative filmmaker as were given to the al Qaeda operative? Just maybe?

This case is slowing being shown to be the complete sham it is. Quite sad that it got to this point, though.

More: Hot Air.