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NEWS ABOUT: Paul McNulty

Paul McNulty stories: 4 news summaries

Ex-Justice Aide Points Fingers

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

May 23, 07 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 of "downplaying" the White... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Karl Rove • Senate hearings • Monica Goodling • Paul McNulty • Harriet Miers • scandal

Gonzales Fingers Lame-Duck Aide

McNulty responsible
for US attorney firings, AG contends

May 15, 07 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paul McNulty bears the ultimate responsibility for the US attorney firings, Alberto Gonzales said today, placing the blame for the scandal rocking the Justice Department on its second-highest-ranking official. "He signed off on the names," the AG said. McNulty, who announced yesterday that he'll step down this summer,... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Attorney General • Paul McNulty • resignation • scandal

Key Democrat Resigns White House Post

McNulty's departure overshadows
former Clinton aide's act of protest

May 15, 07 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A onetime Clinton special counsel resigned from a White House civil-liberties oversight board yesterday, but the defection of the No. 2 Justice official overshadowed Lanny Davis' act of protest. Davis, the only Democrat on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board, said the panel had become unable to check the abuses... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • White House • Paul McNulty • Lanny Davis • George W. Bush

No. 2 at Justice to Step Down

May 14, 07 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty will quit the Justice Department after admitting he misled a Senate committee in its investigation into nine fired US attorneys. Three other top Justice officials have resigned in recent weeks, but McNulty, AG Alberto Gonzales' second-in-command and himself a former US attorney, is the highest-ranking... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • investigation • Congressional investigations • Attorney General • Paul McNulty

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