Ex-Aide to Gonzales Accused Of Bias

[cal04]

The Justice Department has launched an internal investigation into whether Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's former White House liaison illegally took party affiliation into account in hiring career federal prosecutors, officials said yesterday.

The allegations against Monica M. Goodling represent a potential violation of federal law and signal that a joint probe begun in March by the department's inspector general and Office of Professional Responsibility has expanded beyond the controversial dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys last year.

The revelations about Goodling were among several developments yesterday in connection with the firings, including a new subpoena seeking presidential adviser Karl Rove's e-mails and new accusations from two of the dismissed U.S. attorneys.

In newly released statements, the two alleged that they were threatened by Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty's chief of staff immediately before Gonzales testified in the Senate in January.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR2007050201569.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

[Kagemusha]

1. Yeah and the DoJ's using the investigation to obstruct Congress'

That's what I'm hearing anyway.

[Breeze54]

2. Wow! Now the threats are surfacing!! Yippee!!! lol

Thanks for the update, cal04!

:kick: & recommended!