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Ex-Justice Aide Points Fingers

Deputy AG was 'not fully candid,' Goodling tells House committee

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted May 23, 2007 1:26 PM CDT

(Newser) – The deputy attorney general dissembled in his Senate testimony about the US attorney firings, Monica Goodling told a House committee today. Testifying under limited immunity from prosecution, the AG's former White House liaison said Paul McNulty's account was "incomplete or inaccurate" and accused him... Read full story »

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