Former Bush attorney general Alberto Gonzales rebukes Trump for reportedly seeking to prosecute Clin

[jpak]

Former Bush attorney general Alberto Gonzales rebukes Trump for reportedly seeking to prosecute Clinton, Comey

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-bush-attorney-general-alberto-gonzales-rebukes-trump-for-reportedly-seeking-to-prosecute-clinton-comey/2018/11/21/103f5c64-ed8b-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cba44c8ba3c2

Former George W. Bush administration attorney general Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday criticized President Trump following a report that Trump sought to prosecute two of his political adversaries, calling it “a very, very serious situation.”

Gonzales was speaking on CNN one day after the New York Times reported that Trump told then-White House counsel Donald McGahn in the spring that he wanted the Justice Department to prosecute former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and former FBI director James B. Comey.

“We live in a democracy, and you don’t go after political rivals,” Gonzales said.

McGahn, who reportedly had White House lawyers draft a memo to Trump cautioning him against using the Justice Department to investigate anyone, successfully “did his job” as White House counsel, Gonzales said.

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[Beakybird]

1. A good sign

coming from a disgraced attorney general who made sure only conservatives got DA jobs. When even the hacks have problems with you, you know you're bad.

[malaise]

2. I don't recall Gonzo

Damn things have reached rock bottom.