LAT: Sampson contradicts Gonzo … AND Conyers weighs options over non-compliance w/subpoenas

[nicknameless]

Ex-aide contradicts Gonzales
The former chief of staff reportedly tells Senate investigators the attorney general did recall discussing with Bush a U.S. attorney who was later fired.

WASHINGTON — A leading congressional critic accused Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales on Monday of making misleading statements about a conversation with President Bush regarding a U.S. attorney who has said he was fired for political reasons.

D. Kyle Sampson, Gonzales' former chief of staff, told Senate investigators over the weekend that the attorney general told him in early March that he and Bush had discussed U.S. Atty. David C. Iglesias' performance before the November election, Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a briefing with reporters.

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Schumer said Sampson's statement "appeared to contradict" the statement by Gonzales in his television interview.

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Separately, the House Judiciary Committee said Monday that the Justice Department had not fully complied with a subpoena the panel issued last week for records about the prosecutorial purge.

"We will review all available legal options to secure compliance with the subpoena," the panel's chairman, Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), said in a statement.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-usattys17apr17,1,3317436.story?coll=la-news-politics-national&track=crosspromo

[nicknameless]

1. This is the only M$M article I could find that acknowledges gonzo's non-compliance

with last week's subpoena.

It will appear in today's paper.

[StrictlyRockers]

2. Oh man, Conyers is gonna have a field day with this one.

You can't ignore Congressional subpoenas. No way. Won't fly.

[autorank]

3. Your name is legion;)

Great post. K&R in the extreme.

You know what this means don't you? :evilgrin:

[nicknameless]

4. I am one of a "vast multitude" that aren't friends of bush?

I hope to see "Fredo" bite the dust soon.

:hi:

[MissWaverly]

5. So Bush and the AG had discussed it, hmmmmmmmmmmmm

back up the story from New Mexico that Gonzo said he would not fire him w/o Bush approval.