Former US Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan, a second-tier player in the US Attorney firing scandal, is now challenging Rep. Jason Altmire (D) in Pennsylvania’s 4th District. Today she called into a local talk radio show to among other things threaten the host with a defamation suit over her long-running prosecution of celebrity coroner Dr. Cyril Wecht.

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