White House Embroiled in Attorney Firing Scandal
Well, well, well.
The White House suggested two years ago that the Justice Department fire
all 93 U.S. attorneys, a proposal that eventually resulted in the dismissals
of eight prosecutors last year, according to e-mails and internal documents
that the administration will provide to Congress today.The dismissals took place after President Bush told Attorney General Alberto
R. Gonzales in October that he had received complaints that some prosecutors
had not energetically pursued voter-fraud investigations, according to a White
House spokeswoman.(snip)
Congressional committees yesterday requested that Rove testify before them
about the firings; the House Judiciary Committee also requested that Miers
appear.The e-mails show that Rove was interested in the appointment of a former
aide, Tim Griffin, as an Arkansas prosecutor. Sampson wrote in one that \”getting
him appointed was important to Harriet, Karl, etc.\”
Gonzales will hold a press
conference at 2:00 p.m. eastern time.
This is also interesting:
From Part 1, an email from Attorney General Gonzales’ now-resigned chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, to Harriet Miers, who was White House Counsel (found on page 20):
“In recent memory, during Reagan and Clinton Administrations, Presidents Reagan and Clinton did not seek to remove and replace U.S. Attorneys they had appointed whose four-year terms had expired…”
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