Monday Morning Bombshell - Next Up: U.S. Attorneys Scandal(Scott Horton)

[kpete]

Next Up: U.S. Attorneys Scandal

By Scott Horton

September 26, 2:43 PM —No Comment
Next Up: U.S. Attorneys Scandal
By Scott Horton

The joint Inspector General/Office of Professional Responsibility report looking into the December 6, 2006 decision to fire a group of U.S. Attorneys is set to be released on Monday morning, according to sources inside and close to the Justice Department. The credibility of public statements and Congressional testimony of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales figures at the heart of the report. No word yet on the conclusions that have been reached.

However, in two posts at The Atlantic, Murray Waas gives us a glimpse at the fruits of the probe and a suggestion that some parts of it have yet to wrap up. Gonzales is said to be drawing President Bush steadily deeper into the conflict. In one piece, Waas reports that the late-night hospital visit that Gonzales paid to former Attorney General John Ashcroft was, according to Gonzales’s statement to investigators, directed by Bush. In a second, Gonzales reportedly states that Bush directed him to write up a summary of Gonzales’s meeting with Congressional leaders—the famed “Gang of Eight.” Waas writes that investigators are focused on the serious inaccuracies in the notes that Gonzales prepared, and on the fact that the notes were written after the fact. Both of these reports suggest that Gonzales and his lawyers are bracing for more bad news next week.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200809u/gonzales-investigation
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200809u/gonzales-notes

http://harpers.org/archive/2008/09/hbc-90003620

[grannie4peace]

1. he ain't gonna take the fall for the schrub

[grasswire]

2. happy to rec (eom)

[gatorboy]

3. How many U.S. Attorneys Scandals is this now?

[hootinholler]

4. By my count, 1

But if you want a list of U.S. Attorneys who left under suspicious circumstance try this thread from back in the day.

I'm more worried about those who did not leave or get fired, but stayed to do the bidding of the BFEE. Alabama comes to mind.

-Hoot

[Pab Sungenis]

5. Or Chris Christie, here in NJ

who's planning to run against Jon Corzine next year.

[hootinholler]

6. I'm sure there are many...

I seem to remember Michigan or maybe Wisconsin?

-Hoot

[dmr]

7. And what a relief when they are replaced by President Obama

Seriously. I've been patiently waiting for this moment to come. We must correct the wrongs this administration has inflicted upon our society. No one is safe with corrupted prosecutors at the helm. No one. I hope investigations can hold these individuals accountable and punish them.

They sold out and are not trustworthy. If it was to just bolster their resumes, I'm hoping potential employers take into consideration that these lawyers have the propensity to sell them or their clients out if it's to their benefit.

Thanks for the link, and thanks kpete for this thread.