Gonzales Is Lying About What He Did the Night DOJ Called Him, Here's Proof [View All]

[nashuaadvocate]

Standard practice is to notify all relevant personnel when the DOJ orders a lockdown of potential evidence.

Gonzales did not follow that practice. He waited twelve long hours to do his job.

He now says, according to The Washington Post, that "White House lawyers" told him it was okay to wait.

One problem: Gonzales was the chief "White House lawyer" at the time. There's no one who could possibly have had the authority to give him that directive.

Moreover, Gonzales could not explain, on Sunday, why he would not notify the parties who needed to immediately lock down their relevant documents, but would (and did) notify Andy Card that a lockdown was coming in twelve hours.

Now, note the difference in the news stories covering this: The Guardian says "Gonzales said JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAWYERS notified him of the investigation around 8 p.m., and he got permission from THEM to wait..."; The Post says otherwise: "Gonzales said the Justice Department had informed his office around 8 p.m. and that WHITE HOUSE LAWYERS said he could wait until the next morning before notifying the staff..."

There is an abso-f*cking-lutely enormous distinction there.

The press should be on this story tomorrow--should be on Scott McClellan tomorrow--like stink on sh*t.

S.