{"id":2168,"date":"2007-06-14T13:06:32","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T19:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2017-05-21T02:18:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:18:45","slug":"doj-investigates-if-gonzales-tried-to-influence-aides-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/doj-investigates-if-gonzales-tried-to-influence-aides-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Investigates if Gonzales Tried to Influence Aide&#8217;s Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/goodling.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/goodling.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Dan Eggen, Washington Post<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department is investigating whether Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales sought to influence the testimony of a departing senior aide during a March meeting in Gonzales&#8217;s office, according to correspondence released today.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the two officials who are leading an internal Justice Department investigation of the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys last year said their inquiry includes the Gonzales meeting, which was revealed during testimony last month from former Gonzales aide Monica M. Goodling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is to confirm that the scope of our investigation does include this matter,&#8221; wrote Glenn A. Fine, the inspector general, and H. Marshall Jarrett, counsel of the Office of Professional Responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/06\/14\/AR2007061400809.html?nav=rss_politics\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dan Eggen, Washington Post The Justice Department is investigating whether Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales sought to influence the testimony of a departing senior aide during a March meeting in Gonzales&#8217;s office, according to correspondence released today. 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