Gonzales Lied to Congress, Our AG Broke the Law
Writing by Marq on Friday, 23 of March , 2007 at 9:39 pm
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Well it is a sad day in American, but under Bush not a shocker, that the Attorney General of the United States, Alberto Gonzales lied to congress about that he knew. In face new documents (Friday news dump) says he not only knew about it, but did it!
Last week he said
QUESTION: How could your chief of staff be working closely with the resident on which U.S. attorneys to be let go and you not know the pecifics?
ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES: Well, again, as — I accept responsibility
for everything that happens here within this department. But when you have
110,000 people working in the department obviously there are going to be
decisions that I'm not aware of in real time. Many decisions are delegated.
We have people who were confirmed by the Senate who, by statute, have been
delegated authority to make decisions
Well this was a ball face lie! The AP Has this.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales approved plans to fire several U.S. attorneys in a November meeting, according to documents released Friday that contradict earlier claims that he was not closely involved in the dismissals.
The Nov. 27 meeting, in which the attorney general and at least five top Justice Department officials participated, focused on a five-step plan for carrying out the firings of the prosecutors, Justice Department officials said late Friday.
There, Gonzales signed off on the plan, which was crafted by his chief of staff, Kyle Sampson. Sampson resigned last week amid a political firestorm surrounding the firings.
The five-step plan involved notifying Republican home-state senators of the impending dismissals, preparing for potential political upheaval and naming replacements and submitted them to the Senate for confirmation.
The documents indicated that the hour-long morning discussion, held in the attorney general's conference room, was the only time Gonzales met with top aides who decided which prosecutors to fire and how to do it.
The Dems have made statements
Technorati Tags: Alberto Gonzales, attorney general of the united states, Bush, congress, focus story, friday news, prnewswireNonetheless Democrats pounced late Friday.
"If the facts bear out that Attorney General Gonzales knew much more about the plan than he has previously admitted, then he can no longer serve as Attorney General," said Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, who is heading the Senate's investigation into the firings.
Added House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers:
"This puts the Attorney General front and center in these matters, contrary to information that had previously been provided to the public and Congress."
The developments were not what Republicans, skittish about new revelations, had hoped.
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