Friday, March 30, 2007
Alberto Gonzales: worst Attorney General ever?
Then...
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lying when he claimed he was not involved in the political firing of eight US Attorneys at a March 13 press conference:
Now...
Gonzales Approved Firings Of U.S. Attorneys.
"ABC News reports that new emails reveal that the plan for firing U.S. Attorneys originated in the White House. Both Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales discussed the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys in early January 2005." (more at Think Progress)
Guardian: "Rather than merely signing off on the firings, as Gonzales has repeatedly stated, his former chief of staff Kyle Sampson says the attorney general was in the middle of things from the beginning."
USA Today: "Three of the eight federal prosecutors ousted by the Justice Department as poor performers ranked in the top 10 for prosecutions and convictions by the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys, an analysis of court records shows."
Also:
Washington Post: "The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that [Bush loyalists in Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales’s office] repeatedly ordered her to take steps that weakened the government’s racketeering case."
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lying when he claimed he was not involved in the political firing of eight US Attorneys at a March 13 press conference:
Now...
Gonzales Approved Firings Of U.S. Attorneys.
"ABC News reports that new emails reveal that the plan for firing U.S. Attorneys originated in the White House. Both Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales discussed the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys in early January 2005." (more at Think Progress)
Guardian: "Rather than merely signing off on the firings, as Gonzales has repeatedly stated, his former chief of staff Kyle Sampson says the attorney general was in the middle of things from the beginning."
USA Today: "Three of the eight federal prosecutors ousted by the Justice Department as poor performers ranked in the top 10 for prosecutions and convictions by the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys, an analysis of court records shows."
Also:
Washington Post: "The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that [Bush loyalists in Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales’s office] repeatedly ordered her to take steps that weakened the government’s racketeering case."
Labels: Alberto Gonzales, White House Corruption
