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Department of Justice stories: 249 news summaries

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Gonzales Aide Probed for Political Hiring

Goodling accused of screening prosecutors for party affiliation

May 3, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department is investigating whether Monoica Goodling, the former aide to Alberto Gonzales recently given immunitiy to testify before Congress, illegally used party loyalty as a criteria in hiring federal prosecutors. Goodling's position involved reviewing applications for prosecutors; it's a violation of federal law to consider political affiliation in... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • investigation • law • Monica Goodling • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • trial • scandal

Gonzales
Wipes Out

Even Republicans turn on AG as he tries to defend US attorney decisions

Apr 20, 07 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Republicans turned on Alberto Gonzales yesterday, leaving little political wiggle room for the embattled A.G. Even the most mild questions from Republicans— including traditional Bush allies—about the U.S. attorney dismissals yielded embarrassing results for Gonzales, who came across as strangely disengaged from the department he runs. More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Republican • Attorney General • US attorneys scandal • Senate Judiciary Committee • scandal

Gonzales: "I Have Nothing To Hide"

Leaked testimony insists any
mistakes made weren't actionable

Apr 16, 07 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales will finger chief-of-staff Kyle Sampson as the point man on the U.S. attorney firings but won't cop to any major wrongdoing, an advance copy of his congressional testimony tomorrow reveals. He admits only to lesser sins—withholding "dignified"  treatment from pink-slipped U.S. attorneys, for... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • Kyle Sampson • Attorney General • scandal

Third Gonzales
Aide Resigns

Monica Goodling resigns after
declining to testify on dismissals
of U.S. attorneys

Apr 7, 07 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gonzales aide Monica Goodling resigned yesterday, a little more than a week after she plead the fifth rather than testify before a Senate committee about the Justice Department's firing of eight U.S. attorneys, the Times reports. Democrats had hoped Goodling, who was Justice's liaison to  the White House, would... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • Karl Rove • Democrats • Monica Goodling • White House

Gonzales Gets Little Help In Fight for Job

AG preps for Senate testimony without White House, Justice Dept. aid

Apr 5, 07 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales is prepping for his April 17 Senate testimony as strenuously as if it were a confirmation proceeding, the Washington Post reports, since his job clearly depends upon it. And he's going it alone: Thanks to possible obstruction of justice charges, DOJ lawyers won't let the attorney general coordinate... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • Republican • Senate hearings • Senate • White House • Arlen Specter • Ed Gillespie • Timothy Flanigan

Feds Sue Tax
Preparers for Fraud

Apr 4, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tax preparers Jackson Hewitt have bilked the government out of more than $70 million, alleges a suit filed yesterday by the Justice Department. The suit claims that over 125 of the company's franchises, all owned at least in part by the same Atlanta businessman, engaged in massive tax fraud. More »

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Department of Justice • fraud • Jackson Hewitt • taxes • IRS • income tax • business • money • franchise

LaRussa Asleep At the Wheel

St. Louis Cardinals manager arrested on drunk driving charges

Mar 22, 07 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was picked up for DWI around midnight Thursday, when Jupiter, Fla., police found his SUV running at a stop light, with La Russa asleep at the wheel. La Russa blew a. 0.093, above Florida’s limit of 0.08. More »

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Department of Justice • St. Louis Cardinals • Tony La Russa • Chicago White Sox • Oakland Athletics • MLB • alcohol • drunk driving

Email Fingers Rove in Attorney Scandal

He knew about the firings in 2005

Mar 16, 07 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - An email released Thursday implicates Karl Rove in the U.S. attorney firings scandal, suggesting he knew of the plotted purges much earlier than previously acknowledged. In a message dated January 6, 2005, a White House lawyer reported that Rove had asked to discuss the firings with D. Kyle Sampon,... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • Karl Rove • Kyle Sampson • US attorneys scandal • Senate Judiciary Committee • subpoena • scandal • George W. Bush

(Newser) - Emails the White House handed over to investigators today outline a systematic plan to fire U.S. attorneys who were too independent. D. Kyle Sampson, chief of staff to Alberto Gonzales, shot off a memo just after Bush's second inauguration suggesting Justice retain only attorneys who had "exhibited loyalty... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • Kyle Sampson • Congressional investigations

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