Report Shows White House Engineered U.S. Attorney Firings

[babsbunny]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/report_shows_white_house_engineered.php

By Zachary Roth - October 1, 2008, 4:28PM

Now that the dust has settled on the U.S. attorney firings report, released Monday morning by the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General, we thought it was worth taking some time to lay out what it tells us.

Almost since the scandal broke early last year, there have been clear signs that the plan to fire U.S. attorneys as a means of advancing the Bush administration's political goals was being driven by the White House. That impression has been strengthened as top current and former White House officials, including Karl Rove and Harriet Miers, have consistently stonewalled efforts to look into the matter.

[ThomWV]

1. John Conyers held a Hearing yesterday at which Fine answered questions about the Report

The Inspector General of the Department of Justice (Mr. Fine) was questioned yesterday about the report. You can watch the Hearing at C-Span's web site. I did and in so doing got the distinct impression that after Bush is gone someone is going to jail for perjury - possibly Gonzalez.

[texpatriot2004]

2. Of course they did. nm