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US Attorney Firings

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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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  • April 2007

    • 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

      (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; critics say they are also improperly used to circumvent documentation laws. More »

    • House Subpoenas Gonzo

      Washington Post  |  Apr 11, 07 7:28 AM CDT

      House Subpoenas Gonzo

      (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 U.S. attorneys—and that allegedly served as the basis for firing the eight. More »

    • Congress Probes Private White House E-Mails

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 10, 07 8:03 AM CDT

      Congress Probes Private White House E-Mails

      (Newser) - Use of private e-mail accounts by White House officials is being probed by Democratic lawmakers who charge that they were employed to avoid scrutiny. Accounts set up by the Republican National Committee are intended to keep political activities separate from official business, but they were used in planning the firings of U.S. attorneys last year, the Wall Street Journal notes. More »

    • Third Gonzales Aide Resigns

      New York Times  |  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 provide details about Karl Rove's role in the dismissals. More »

    • Gonzales Gets Little Help In Fight for Job

      Washington Post  |  Apr 5, 07 11:14 AM CDT

      Gonzales Gets Little Help In Fight for Job

      (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 with the White House or his own aides. More »

  • March 2007

    • Justice Dept. Aide Ties Rove to Firings

      Washington Post  |  Mar 30, 07 7:50 AM CDT

      Justice Dept. Aide Ties Rove to Firings

      (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 his boss at least five times on the prosecutor firings.   More »

    • Mink: He's Merely a Pawn

      Belleville News Democrat  |  Mar 29, 07 10:02 PM CDT

      Mink: He's Merely a Pawn

      (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 the president repeatedly overrode deals he had negotiated. More »

    • Novak: Bush Is Alone On Gonzales

      Washington Post  |  Mar 26, 07 8:39 PM CDT

      Novak: Bush Is Alone On Gonzales

      (Newser) - There is virtually no support on Capitol Hill for the president's wish to save Alberto Gonzales, who is even more disliked than Rumsfeld was, Robert Novak wrote today. "In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress.  Not Jimmy Carter, not even Richard Nixon as he faced impeachment." More »

    • Lithwick: Nutty Legal Logic Used to Fire Attorneys

      Slate  |  Mar 22, 07 11:30 AM CDT

      Lithwick: Nutty Legal Logic Used to Fire Attorneys

      (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 a lesser power, such as injuring prisoners during interrogation. More »

    • Email Fingers Rove in Attorney Scandal

      New York Times  |  Mar 16, 07 12:09 PM CDT

      Email Fingers Rove in Attorney Scandal

      (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, the attorney general's then-chief of staff. More »

    • Email Outs Politicized Attorney Firings

      Washington Post  |  Mar 14, 07 9:00 PM CDT

      Email Outs Politicized Attorney Firings

      (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 to the president and the attorney general." More »

    • Gonzales Under Siege

      Time  |  Mar 14, 07

      After weeks of conflicting explanations for last December's firing of eight federal prosecutors, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has finally taken personal responsibility for the burgeoning scandal, announcing at the Justice Department that "mistakes were made here." But his belated admission has done little to quiet the outcry on Capitol Hill, where several leading Democrats continue to call for his resignation and even key Republicans are joining the criticism and calls for further investigation into whether the mass dismissals of the U.S. attorneys was politically motivated.

    • Gonzales explanation of firings called 'sorry excuse'

      CNN  |  Mar 14, 07

      WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday "mistakes were made" regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and he accepts responsibility for the ordeal.

    • A White House Hand in the Firings?

      Time  |  Mar 13, 07

      Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has characterized the controversial firing of eight U.S. attorneys as an "overblown personnel matter." If so, it is a personnel matter that appears to have involved the White House. A spokeswoman for the President revealed the White House's deep involvement in the decision to dismiss the prosecutors, a step that involved former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, Presidential adviser Karl Rove and, apparently, even Bush himself.

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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department firings of U.S. Attorneys. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice...   (Associated Press)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., facing camera, swears in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson, back to camera, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department firings of U.S. Attorneys. (AP...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., facing camera, swears in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson, back to camera, on Capitol Hill in Washington,...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department firings of U.S. Attorneys. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson is photographed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007 prior to testifying before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department firings of U.S. Attorneys. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson is photographed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007 prior to testifying before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department firings of U.S. Attorneys. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, center, talks to the committee's chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, during a hearing where Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson testified on the Justice Department...
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, center, talks to the committee's chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March...   (Associated Press)
Connecticut U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor speaks to reporters outside U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Conn., in this Aug. 31, 2005 file photo. O'Connor, Connecticut's top federal prosecutor, was named Tuesday, April 10, 2007, as chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, who is embroiled...
Connecticut U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor speaks to reporters outside U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Conn., in this Aug. 31, 2005 file photo. O'Connor, Connecticut's top federal prosecutor, was named...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., questions Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department firings of U.S. attorneys, March 29, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Whitehouse says the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys have struck...
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., questions Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department firings of U.S. attorneys,...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan in seen in her Pittsburgh office Wednesday, April 25, 2007. With U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales under attack in Congress for firing eight U.S. attorneys, Buchanan has also come under scrutiny because of a Justice Department administrative post she held in 2005....
U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan in seen in her Pittsburgh office Wednesday, April 25, 2007. With U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales under attack in Congress for firing eight U.S. attorneys, Buchanan...   (Associated Press)
Paul McNulty, who served as deputy Attorney General under Alberto Gonzales and who has announced his resignation, testifies before the House Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, June 21, 2007 about his role in the U.S. attorney firings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Paul McNulty, who served as deputy Attorney General under Alberto Gonzales and who has announced his resignation, testifies before the House Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee during a hearing...   (Associated Press)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., talks about Paul McNulty, who served as deputy attorney general under Alberto Gonzales and who has announced his resignation, during a hearing of the House Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in washington Thursday, June 21, 2007 regarding McNulty's role in...
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., talks about Paul McNulty, who served as deputy attorney general under Alberto Gonzales and who has announced his resignation, during a hearing...   (Associated Press)
Former White House counsel Harriet Miers begins her courtesy calls on the Senate, in this Oct. 3, 2005, file photo, in Washington. President George W. Bush ordered Miers to defy a congressional subpoena and refuse to testify Thursday, July 11, 2007, before a House panel investigating U.S. attorney firings....
Former White House counsel Harriet Miers begins her courtesy calls on the Senate, in this Oct. 3, 2005, file photo, in Washington. President George W. Bush ordered Miers to defy a congressional subpoena...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales takes his seat at the witness table on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, as he prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his role in the U.S. attorney firings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales takes his seat at the witness table on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, as he prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on monitor, at the start of the committee's hearing on his role in the U.S. attorney firings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on monitor, at the start of the committee's...   (Associated Press)
Paul McNulty, who served as deputy attorney general under Alberto Gonzales and who has announced his resignation, testifies before the House Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in washington Thursday, June 21, 2007 about his role in the U.S. attorney firings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Paul McNulty, who served as deputy attorney general under Alberto Gonzales and who has announced his resignation, testifies before the House Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee during a hearing...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on monitor, asks him a question during the committee's hearing on his role in the U.S. attorney firings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on monitor, asks him a question during...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, is greeted by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on Gonzales' role in the U.S. attorney firings. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, is greeted by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, prior to the start of the committee's...   (Associated Press)
Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., right, asks a question of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, during the committee's hearing on Gonzales' role in the U.S. attorney firings. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah is at left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., right, asks a question of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, during the committee's...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, listens as Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on monitor, asks him a question during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, to discuss Gonzales' role in the U.S. attorney firings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, listens as Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on monitor, asks him a question during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, with his entourage behind him, takes his seat at the witness table on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, as he prepares to resume his testimony following a break, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on about his role in the U.S. attorney...
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, with his entourage behind him, takes his seat at the witness table on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, as he prepares to resume his testimony following...   (Associated Press)
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US Attorney General Roberto Gonzales(L)
US Attorney General Roberto Gonzales(L)   (Getty Images)
Monica Goodling Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee
Monica Goodling Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee   (Getty Images)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., facing camera, swears in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson, back to camera, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department firings of U.S. Attorneys. (AP...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., facing camera, swears in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson, back to camera, on Capitol Hill in Washington,...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department firings of U.S. Attorneys. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales former Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 29, 2007, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department...   (Associated Press)
Connecticut U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor speaks to reporters outside U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Conn., in this Aug. 31, 2005 file photo. O'Connor, Connecticut's top federal prosecutor, was named Tuesday, April 10, 2007, as chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, who is embroiled...
Connecticut U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor speaks to reporters outside U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Conn., in this Aug. 31, 2005 file photo. O'Connor, Connecticut's top federal prosecutor, was named...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan is seen in her Pittsburgh office Wednesday, April 25, 2007. With U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales under attack in Congress for firing eight U.S. attorneys, Buchanan has also come under scrutiny because of a Justice Department administrative post she held in 2005....
U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan is seen in her Pittsburgh office Wednesday, April 25, 2007. With U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales under attack in Congress for firing eight U.S. attorneys, Buchanan...   (Associated Press)
Candidate for the U.S. Senate from Oklahoma, Dr. Tom Coburn, at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., in this file photo from Oct 4, 2004. Coburn called for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign during Gonzales' Senate testimony Thursday April 19, 2007.
Candidate for the U.S. Senate from Oklahoma, Dr. Tom Coburn, at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., in this file photo from Oct 4, 2004. Coburn called for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT, questions Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, April 19, 2007 about the controversial dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT, questions Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, April 19, 2007 about the controversial dismissal...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT, right, talks with Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn., during a break in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, April 19, 2007 about the controversial dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT, right, talks with Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn., during a break in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the U.S. Capitol in Washington...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, April 19, 2007 about the controversial dismissal of eight U. S. attorneys. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, April 19, 2007 about the controversial dismissal of eight U. S. attorneys. (AP...   (Associated Press)
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Background

How the Firings Went Down: A Timeline Through May 2007
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A guide to the scandal, from the first internal e-mails to their reverberating aftermath

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