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US Attorney Scandal Widens

Sam Gale Rosen — Thu, 17 May 2007 08:42:28 CDT

The Justice Department considered firing at least 26 US attorneys, the Washington Post reports, including 13 who still have their jobs. Alberto Gonzales' office compiled the previously undisclosed lists, which appear to indicate that the AG targeted far more prosecutors than he has acknowledged. He has testified that the purge...

Gonzales: "I Have Nothing To Hide"

Colleen Barry — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:59:25 CDT

Alberto Gonzales will finger chief-of-staff Kyle Sampson as the point man on the U.S. attorney firings but won't cop to any major wrongdoing, an advance copy of his congressional testimony tomorrow reveals. He admits only to lesser sins—withholding "dignified" treatment from pink-slipped U.S. attorneys, for instance—and...

House Subpoenas Gonzo

Sarah Seltzer — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:28:31 CDT

Alberto Gonzales got served yesterday, as House Dems issued their first subpoena in the attorney-firing scandal. They want the AG to turn over hundreds of pages of new or uncensored documents, including a complete version of the March 2005 chart Gonzales and chief-of-staff Kyle Sampson used to evaluate all 93...

Justice Dept. Aide Ties Rove to Firings

Peter Fearon — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:50:02 CDT

Alberto Gonzales was more deeply involved in the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys than he has admitted, and Karl Rove had a direct role in the firings, according to dramatic testimony by the attorney general's former chief of staff yeasterday, reports the Washington Post. Kyle Sampson claimed he briefed...

Email Fingers Rove in Attorney Scandal

Heather McPherson — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:09:01 CDT

An email released Thursday implicates Karl Rove in the U.S. attorney firings scandal, suggesting he knew of the plotted purges much earlier than previously acknowledged. In a message dated January 6, 2005, a White House lawyer reported that Rove had asked to discuss the firings with D. Kyle Sampon,...

Email Outs Politicized Attorney Firings

J. Kelman — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:00:52 CDT

Emails the White House handed over to investigators today outline a systematic plan to fire U.S. attorneys who were too independent. D. Kyle Sampson, chief of staff to Alberto Gonzales, shot off a memo just after Bush's second inauguration suggesting Justice retain only attorneys who had "exhibited loyalty to...