Now we learn that the White House wanted to fire all 93 US Attorneys in 2005 and replace them with (presumably) more pliable ones who'd investigate "voter fraud" more aggressively. ("Voter fraud " is Republican code for "allow more people inclined to vote for Democrats" onto the voting rolls.)
The dismissals took place after President Bush told Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales in October that he had received complaints that some prosecutors had not energetically pursued voter-fraud investigations, according to a White House spokeswoman.[snip]
Gonzales approved the idea of firing a smaller group of U.S. attorneys shortly after taking office in February 2005. The aide in charge of the dismissals -- his chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson -- resigned yesterday, officials said, after acknowledging that he did not tell key Justice officials about the extent of his communications with the White House, leading them to provide incomplete information to Congress.
Josh Marshall is/has been all over this issue; go there for the latest.
Gonzales just held a very short press conference in which he basically said he didn't know about the internal workings of the Justice Department (the Department he's head of).
Has there ever been a more corrupt Administration?
Posted by Linkmeister at March 13, 2007 08:44 AM | TrackBack