Fired U.S. Attorneys: Justice 'declined' under Gonzales

[struggle4progress]

Posted: June 12, 2007
by: Kara Briggs / Today correspondent

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Three former U.S. Attorneys fired by the U.S. Justice Department last December told tribal leaders attending the National Congress of the American Indian convention that the potential for justice in Indian country had declined under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

''Alberto Gonzales doesn't know anything about crime in Indian country,'' Paul Charlton, the former U.S. Attorney from Arizona, told leaders. ''And the Justice Department doesn't care.''

Speaking as on the same day in which Gonzales survived a no confidence vote the U.S. Senate, Charlton, former U.S. Attorney from the Western District of Michigan Margaret Chiara and former U.S. Attorney for Nevada Dan Bogden stopped short of saying that they were fired because of their attention to crime on reservation land. ~snip~

Heffelfinger learned more about his firing in late May when Monica M. Goodling, the department's former liaison to the White House, told the House Judiciary Committee that Heffelfinger had been criticized for ''spending an excessive amount of time'' on Native issues. ~snip~

http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415203

[MadMaddie]

1. But * won't let him go....no matter how many crimes Gonzo

committs...no matter how wrecked the DOJ is....