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Uber,
My understanding is that they have the same performance criteria as all political appointees. Basically they get to keep chugging along until they either find a better opportunity or piss someone off that's higher in the food chain than they are. For the US Attorneys that could include senators, congressmen, the AG, POTUS, VPOTUS, etc.
For the AG, the list is pretty much POTUS and VPOTUS. Implied is all the people directly for these folks who have the actual individual's ear. I'll be dc_dux can give us a more comprehensive and better explained list, but this what I've got.
The end result is that you can be absolutely incompetent but until either the press figures it out or you tick off the wrong person, you're fine. It's the magic of patronage.
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