{"id":937,"date":"2007-03-28T12:25:17","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T18:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=937"},"modified":"2017-06-06T05:30:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T11:30:18","slug":"gonzales-aide-sampson-to-testify-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/gonzales-aide-sampson-to-testify-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonzales&#8217; Aide Sampson to Testify Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate panel zeroes in on two top Gonzales aides<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/storysampsonfile1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13977\" src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/storysampsonfile.thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"73\" alt=\"storysampsonfile.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/storysampsonfile.thumbnail.jpg 96w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/storysampsonfile.thumbnail-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Two senior Justice Department aides who orchestrated the firings of eight U.S. attorneys could hold the key to embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales&#8217; credibility with Congress as a growing number of lawmakers call for his ouster.<\/p>\n<p>One of the aides, former Gonzales chief of staff Kyle Sampson, is scheduled to testify Thursday before a Senate panel investigating whether the dismissals were politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>The other, Monica Goodling, has refused to testify and will take the Fifth Amendment to protect against incriminating herself while testifying under oath.<\/p>\n<p>Both are fiercely loyal to Gonzales. And both could clarify how involved Gonzales was in planning the dismissals &#8212; a sore point for lawmakers who say they feel deceived by conflicting Justice Department statements about the purge.<\/p>\n<p>(More)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate panel zeroes in on two top Gonzales aides WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Two senior Justice Department aides who orchestrated the firings of eight U.S. attorneys could hold the key to embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales&#8217; credibility with Congress as a growing number of lawmakers call for his ouster. 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