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Gonzo To Admit Mistakes
Apr 16,2007 00:00
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Jake
So, Gonzo is ready to admit to Congress that he made mistakes in the firings of the U.S. attorneys, eh? That we believe. What we don't believe is his assertion that politics played no role in his actions. Let's see how he squirms around this.-Jake From The Los Angeles Times : WASHINGTON — When Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales faces angry Senate Democrats on Tuesday, he will acknowledge that he made a range of mistakes in the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys last year and will apologize to them and their families, but he will insist that even though the White House was originally behind the terminations, none of the prosecutors were fired for political reasons. In what has been described as a make-or-break appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the nation's top federal law enforcement officer will say: "I know that I did not, and would not, ask for a resignation of any individual in order to interfere with or influence a particular prosecution for partisan political gain. I also have no basis to believe that anyone involved in this process sought the removal of a U.S. attorney for an improper reason." He also will tell the committee, "I firmly believe that these dismissals were appropriate." In an unusual move, the Justice Department released Gonzales' testimony Sunday, two days before the hearing. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has been leading the Judiciary Committee's investigation into the controversy, reacted quickly to the attorney general's 24-page statement, saying it did not "advance his cause at all." |