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Senate Seeks  E-mails From Gonzales

Attorney general receives first subpoena in firing scandal

May 2, 07 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate demanded all e-mails pertaining to Karl Rove's role in the disputed firing of eight U.S. attorneys from Alberto Gonzales today, setting a May 15 deadline for the attorney general to turn them over. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which  issued the subpoena, disputes... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Karl Rove • investigation • Attorney General • RNC • email • Senate • Senate Judiciary Committee • Patrick Leahy • subpoena • scandal

Gonzales Refuses to Resign

Bipartisan criticism peppers AG's Senate testimony on U.S. attorney firings

Apr 19, 07 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said under oath today he had only limited involvement in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and "did not do anything improper." Testifying before  clearly hostile lawmakers, he spurned calls that he step down, saying, "The moment I believe I can no... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Congressional investigations • 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

Impeachment: Not Just For Presidents   

It would be perfect
for Gonzales, says
law professor

Apr 13, 07 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Impeachment isn't just for presidents—it would suit Alberto Gonzales just fine, says law professor Peter Shane, and it would be an excellent way to restore constitutional checks and balances. The grounds for impeachment go beyond the questionable dismissal of U.S. attorneys, he writes.  More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Attorney General • impeachment • scandal

Four Years of Rove E-mails
Go Missing

E-mails may have covered attorney firings

Apr 13, 07 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four years of emails from Karl Rove that are being sought in a congressional investigation are missing and may have been deleted by Rove himself, the Republican National Committee acknowledged yesterday. The RNC operates the server for non-official e-mail accounts Rove and other White House players use for political business;... More »

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Bush administration • US attorney • Karl Rove • politics • Congressional investigations • RNC • email • US attorneys scandal • executive privilege • scandal

House Subpoenas Gonzo

Stakes raised in purge- gate as White House resists disclosure

Apr 11, 07 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales got served yesterday, as House Dems issued their first subpoena in the attorney-firing scandal. They want the AG to turn over hundreds of pages of new or uncensored documents, including a complete version of the March 2005 chart Gonzales and chief-of-staff Kyle Sampson used to evaluate all 93... More »

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Congress • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • politics • Kyle Sampson • White House • scandal

Congress Studies Lost Art Of Oversight  

Lawmakers are gearing up furiously for for a rash of probes

Apr 9, 07 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consider the U.S. attorneys  investigation the tip of the iceberg: With more than a dozen probes launched in its first 100 days, Congress is ramping up to reclaim its role as a watchdog over the executive branch, the Christian Science Monitor reports, honing skills that haven't been in demand... More »

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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

Justice Dept. Aide Ties Rove to Firings

Disputes Gonzales statements on his role in dismissals

Mar 30, 07 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales was more deeply involved in the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys  than he has admitted, and Karl Rove had a direct role in the firings, according to dramatic testimony by the attorney general's former chief of staff yeasterday, reports the Washington Post. Kyle Sampson claimed he briefed... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Karl Rove • Kyle Sampson • Attorney General • Senate • Judiciary Committee • David C. Iglesias

Mink: He's Merely a Pawn

Gonzales was Irrelevant even before the attorneys mess

Mar 29, 07 10:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who really cares if Alberto Gonzales resigns? Nobody but his family and friends, writes Eric Mink in the St. Louis Dispatch. Because Bush's embattled attorney general proved himself inconsequential long before the botched firings of the  insufficiently loyal U.S. attorneys. Congress learned how little clout the AG had when... More »

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(Newser) - The same legal argument marshaled to justify mistreating prisoners is behind the Bush administration’s contention that the President can fire U.S. attorneys for any reason or no reason, according to Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick. It’s the theory that a greater power—like killing people in war—embodies... More »

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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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