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Stories tagged with: Gonzales
Poll finds Americans want attorney general to resign - Los Angeles Times
27 / 2
 
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-ex-poll10apr10,0,137...
LA Times/Bloomberg Poll says a majority of Americans think AG Gonzales should resign and that he, his staff, and White House staff, including Karl Rove, should testify under oath.
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Submitted by datapolitical
59 months, 1 day, 18 hours agoTags: politics, Gonzales, Attorney General, BUSH, US Attorneys
Democrats Won't Reschedule Gonzales
23 / 5
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04...
For all the explanations Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has given about his role in the firing of eight US prosecutors, he hasn't yet given one under oath to Congress.
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Gonzales Met With Advisers on Dismissals - New York Times
25 / 4
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/washington/24attorney.html...
His recently disclosed meeting on Nov. 27th seems to contradict his earlier statements that he was uninvolved in the firings of 8 US Attorneys for political purposes.
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Submitted by schlach
59 months, 2 weeks, 5 days agoTags: politics, BUSH, law, democracy, doj, Gonzales
White House stands by Gonzales
18 / 3
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17692516/
The White House on Monday stood by Alberto Gonzales, the attorney-general, as calls grew for his resignation over the sackings of eight US attorneys, and negotiations continued over whether Karl Rove and other presidential aides will testify about the dismissals.
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Submitted by bhartzer
59 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 20 hours agoTags: Gonzales, white house, karl rove
It Wasn’t Just a Bad Idea. It May Have Been Against the Law. - New York Times
17 / 3
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/opinion/19mon4.html?ex=133...
There are several obstruction-of-justice laws that may have been broken by White House and Dept. of Justice officials in the firing of 8 US Attorneys.
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Submitted by schlach
59 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 20 hours agoTags: politics, BUSH, law, democracy, doj, Gonzales
Is Gonzales a Diversion? | White House Watch by Dan Froomkin
5 / 0
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/03/14...
Froomkin probes whether Gonzales is issuing carefully parsed acknowledgements of mistakes in order to take heat off the White House and its involvement with the politically-motivated firing of 8 US Attorneys.
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Submitted by schlach
59 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 23 hours agoTags: news, Gonzales, doj, democracy, law, BUSH
Internal Affairs - Aborted DOJ Probe Probably Would Have Targeted Gonzales | Murray Waas
4 / 1
http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/0315nj1.htm
Gonzales found out his conduct would be investigated, advised Bush to close down the inquiry. Bush personally intervened to stop it. Did Gonzales abuse his position with Bush by not telling him he'd be investigated? Or did Bush knowingly participate in a cover-up to protect his friend?
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Submitted by schlach
59 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 20 hours agoTags: politics, BUSH, law, democracy, doj, Gonzales, wiretapping
Political Profiling of Elected Democratic Officials: When Rhetorical Vision Participation Runs Amok
5 / 2
http://www.epluribusmedia.org/columns/2007/20070212_politica...
A study by Donald C. Shields and John F. Cragan shows that "Data indicate that the offices of the U.S. Attorneys across the nation investigate seven (7) times as many Democratic officials as they investigate Republican officials, a number that exceeds even the racial profiling of African Americans in traffic stops."
Presents the problems caused by political profiling, and suggests legal solutions.
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Submitted by schlach
59 months, 4 weeks, 21 hours agoTags: democracy, law, BUSH, politics, doj, Gonzales
Paul Krugman: Did Bush misuse the Justice Department?
6 / 1
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_...
"The bigger scandal, however, almost surely involves prosecutors still in office... Donald Shields and John Cragan, two professors of communication, have compiled a database of investigations and/or indictments of candidates and elected officials by U.S. attorneys since the Bush administration came to power. Of the 375 cases they identified, 10 involved independents, 67 involved Republicans and 298 involved Democrats."
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Submitted by schlach
59 months, 4 weeks, 21 hours agoTags: Gonzales, news, BUSH, law, democracy, doj
Is Gonzales a Diversion? | White House Watch by Dan Froomkin
7 / 1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04...
Froomkin probes whether Gonzales is issuing carefully parsed acknowledgements of mistakes in order to take heat off the White House and its involvement with the politically-motivated firing of 8 US Attorneys.
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Submitted by schlach
59 months, 4 weeks, 21 hours agoTags: news, Gonzales, doj, democracy, law, BUSH
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