Crooks and Liars, March 19 2007
During his January 18, 2006 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Alberto Gonzales said this:
Alberto Gonzales: I would never, ever make a change in a United States attorney position for political reasons or if it would, in any way, jeopardize an ongoing serious investigation. I just would not do it.
When asked on Meet the Press this morning if he “had any evidence that a U.S. attorney was removed and that removal jeopardized an ongoing investigation,” Senator Schumer said he does and that the evidence is “becoming more and more overwhelming.”
This is why the prosecutor purge is a genuine scandal. Not only is there clear evidence that the firings were unprecedented and purely politically-motivated, but Alberto Gonzales lied about it under oath and the White House keeps changing it’s story. What conclusion can we draw from these lies and revisionisms other than they have something to hide? Namely, that these eight prosecutors were selectively fired because they did not sufficiently politicize their offices and succumb to pressure to do so, only later to be fired for “performance-related” reasons despite receiving exemplary evaluations.
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