therawstory – Mike Sheehan, Published: Wednesday March 28, 2007 Gonzales, after roundtable with Fitzgerald, cuts press conference short Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, after attending a round-table discussion with U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, cut a subsequent news conference short, The Chicago Tribune reports. “A scheduled 15-minute news conference with Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales was quickly cut…
New York Observer Paperwork authorized; Chuck ‘Can’t believe’ Gonzales will make it. First up: D. Kyle Sampson. By Jason Horowitz “You can argue whether it should be public or private, or you can even argue about whether it should be sworn testimony. You cannot argue that there should be no transcript. The fact that they…
Senate panel zeroes in on two top Gonzales aides WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senior Justice Department aides who orchestrated the firings of eight U.S. attorneys could hold the key to embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ credibility with Congress as a growing number of lawmakers call for his ouster. One of the aides, former Gonzales chief…
By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters An FBI agent was warned to keep quiet about the dismissal of a U.S. attorney after he told a newspaper her firing would hurt the agency’s ongoing investigations and speculated politics was involved, a U.S. Senate panel heard on Tuesday. FBI Director Robert Mueller defended the handling of the incident, saying:…
