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US Attorney Firings

Scandal hits the nation's highest law-enforcement body. Will justice be served?

The Justice Department’s decision to replace eight US Attorneys at the end of 2006 could have slipped quietly into the bureaucratic annals. Instead, it exploded into scandal when critics—including several of the fired attorneys themselves—charged that the firings had been politically motivated. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales dismissed the affair as little more than “an overblown personnel matter,” but the Democratic Congress seized on Attorneygate, subpoenaing Justice and administration players and forcing a messy confrontation on the issue of executive privilege. Meanwhile, calls for the AG to resign continue to trickle in from both sides of the aisle—leaving the Bush loyalist's future decidedly uncertain.

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  • May 2007

    • Senate Seeks E-mails From Gonzales

      Yahoo!  |  May 2, 07 8:35 PM CDT

      Senate Seeks E-mails From Gonzales

      (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 the White House's claim that the e-mails have disappeared. More »

  • April 2007

    • Democrats Dole Out Subpoenas

      The Hill  |  Apr 26, 07 8:58 AM CDT

      Democrats Dole Out Subpoenas

      (Newser) - The Democratic Congress flexed its oversight muscle today, with both houses dishing out subpoenas all the way up to Condi Rice. A House committee subpoenaed the Secretary of State to discuss the lead-up to the Iraq War, while both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees summoned aides involved in the U.S. attorney firings. More »

    • McCain: Gonzales Should Resign

      Politico  |  Apr 26, 07 7:39 AM CDT

      McCain: Gonzales Should Resign

      (Newser) - John McCain joins the chorus calling for Alberto Gonzales to resign. In an interview after officially launching his campaign in New Hampshire, McCain told the Politico that the attorney general could no longer usefully serve the president. "I reached that conclusion a long time ago," he said, "I just haven’t been asked.” More »

    • Federal Probe Targets Rove, WH Operations

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 24, 07 11:14 AM CDT

      Federal Probe Targets Rove, WH Operations

      (Newser) - The U.S. attorney firings, disappearing e-mails, and other White House political operations have found their way onto the radar of a small office that normally investigates federal employees' misbehavior. Karl Rove is in the sights of the Office of Special Counsel, whose head has vowed not to "leave any stone unturned," the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

    • Bush Still Gonzo For Alberto

      New York Times  |  Apr 24, 07 7:06 AM CDT

      Bush Still Gonzo For Alberto

      (Newser) - President Bush is sticking with his beleaguered attorney general despite negative reviews of his performance at last week's Senate hearing from both sides of the aisle. Bush said the testimony from Alberto Gonzales on the pink-slipped U.S. attorneys, roundly characterized as evasive, "increased my confidence in his ability." More »

    • Gonzales Wipes Out

      National Review  |  Apr 20, 07 9:53 AM CDT

      Gonzales Wipes Out

      (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 »

    • Gonzales Refuses to Resign

      Washington Post  |  Apr 19, 07 4:53 PM CDT

      Gonzales Refuses to Resign

      (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 longer be effective, I will resign." More »

    • US Attorneys Fired for Being Soft on Porn

      Salon  |  Apr 19, 07 11:40 AM CDT

      US Attorneys Fired for Being Soft on Porn

      (Newser) - Several of the U.S. attorneys axed by Alberto Gonzales may have been forced out because they failed to crack down on pornography, Salon reveals. Gonzales and his staff pressured attorneys to pursue adult obscenity cases, even if it meant yanking prosecutors away from, say, terrorism. Some who resisted got a pink slip. More »

    • Gonzales: "I Have Nothing To Hide"

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 16, 07 6:59 AM CDT

      Gonzales: &quot;I Have Nothing To Hide&quot;

      (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 instance—and says it was Sampson who cherry-picked attorneys to ax and suggested potential replacements. More »

    • Impeachment: Not Just For Presidents

      Newsday  |  Apr 13, 07 1:54 PM CDT

      Impeachment: Not Just For Presidents

      (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 »

    • Four Years of Rove E-mails Go Missing

      Washington Post  |  Apr 13, 07 8:11 AM CDT

      Four Years of Rove E-mails Go Missing