Conyers:Justice Stonewalling on U.S. Attorney Report

[cal04]

The Justice Department has "refused to cooperate" with a congressional analysis of whether the administration's recent firing of U.S. attorneys is unprecedented, according to House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI).

Conyers and Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) requested the analysis from the Congressional Research Service to see whether prior administrations had done anything like fire seven United States attorneys abruptly and without stated justification as the administration did in December.

But because "the Administration has refused to cooperate with CRS in their examination," Conyers office says in a press release, the CRS analysis is incomplete. Nevertheless, CRS issued an interim analysis to Conyers and Sanchez, which you can read here.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/crs-united-states-attorneys/?resultpage=1&

In the report, the analyst writes that despite contacting the DoJ for information needed to perform his study a month ago, he's still waiting:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002613.php

[Greeby]

1. "Justice" in this context is becoming more Orwellian by the day nt

[babylonsister]

2. Recommend. How long will lawmakers stand for this shit? It's getting

really old.

[rurallib]

3. Maybe some contempt citations and a little spell in the cooler

would loosen Gonzalez up. I'd say a few days in Gitmo may do it.

[PhilipShore]

4. Kick

:kick:

[seafan]

5. SUBPOENA GONZALES , REP. CONYERS, FOR THE LOVE OF HEAVEN!

My apologies for the shouting. Carry on.

[PassingFair]

6. SCREAM.

Just adding to the din.

Carry on.

[marmar]

7. Gonzales is the enabler....A real gas chamber attendant he is.....

Perhaps he needs to be impeached first..... :think:

[Independent_Liberal]

8. Conyers and Leahy: Subpoena Gonzales!

Demand answers! Demand the truth!

[spanone]

9. Can they be held in contempt of congress? Surely our Forefathers anticipated assholes like these?

[intheflow]

10. I am so not surprised.

But k&r'ing to expose the sheer audacity of the Reich wing who are holding our country hostage.

[gratuitous]

11. Picture clearing up at all, Congress?

This administration isn't interested in "cooperation" or "bipartisanship" or anything to do with governance. They're interested in fucking up the country for their own profit, and getting it away with it.

It's up to you to stop this. And if the clear signal from the electorate that we've been dinning at you for the last four months isn't getting through, we the people might just decide it's up to us to stop this criminal cabal.

[cal04]

12. Update from TPM

Justice: We're Working on It

Yesterday, I reported that Democrats had accused the Justice Department of stonewalling a Congressional study on the U.S. attorney purge. A Congressional Research Service analyst was trying to find out if the administration's move was unprecedented; but after a month, the Justice Department still hadn't gotten him the data he needed.

Justice Department spokesman Jonathan Block responded to my request for comment late last evening:

"(The Executive Office of the United States Attorney) was contacted and the inquiry was referred to the Office of Legislative Affairs. The material requested is in the process of being provided."

Maybe this whole thing will speed the process a little.


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