Best brief synopsis I've read yet on A.G.-Gate

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If you're sometimes attention deficit challenged like me, this spells out the political case against Attorney-General Alberto-Gonzales quite concisely.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dems-press-ag-gonzales-to-step-down-2007-03-13.html

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Dems press AG Gonzales to step down

Senior Democrats, reacting to revelations that White House officials planned the purge of eight U.S. attorneys and later misled members of Congress, vowed yesterday to pursue their probe of the firings, including likely subpoenas, all the way to the president’s doorstep.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) joined three Judiciary Committee senators in calling on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign into order to restore the Justice Department’s credibility on both sides of the aisle. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the panel chairman, did not demand Gonzales’s ouster but added to pressure on President Bush to replace him.

“Does this reflect what wants in openness and candor in his administration?” Leahy asked, voicing frustration and anger over Justice’s initial dismissal of the prosecutor firings as routine personnel decisions. Leahy listed several witnesses whom he plans to question publicly, including Gonzales and his chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, who resigned yesterday, as well as senior Bush adviser Karl Rove and former White House counsel Harriet Miers.
Asked whether he would also consider questioning Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.), who are said by one U.S. attorney to have exerted pressure on a pending corruption case, Leahy responded with a signal that both chambers’ ethics committees are looking into the matter.

“There are presently discussions being held in the House and Senate ethics committees … that they should not discuss the matter until it’s done,” Leahy said.

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1. thanks!