McNulty resigns because he needs to make enough money to put his kids through college?

[Fridays Child]

This was just stated, on CNN, as the reason he gave Gonzo, in his resignation letter. We're expected to believe that Justice doesn't pay its number two official enough to send his kids to school. Yeah, right. What horse shit.

[Turbineguy]

1. I guess Regent Law School

isn't paid for by donations from the Fleeced (or is that Flock?).

[L. Coyote]

2. DUPLICATE

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x884070

[rurallib]

3. Can't he just steal us blind like the rest of Bushco?

Not good public Republican public servant material.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. What he's really saying is that if he's not allowed to abuse his public

service job like every other corrupt Republican and make some kickback profit, then what's in it for him, really?

Because, when did he figure out his salary wouldn't be enough? He just woke up one day and decided the cash flow wasn't there?

[gatorboy]

5. It's a popular excuse when the shit hits the fan.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/30/ridge/index.html

Ridge, in the past, had declined to be specific when answering questions regarding his future. In July there were reports Ridge told colleagues he was considering stepping down after the election because of job stresses and the need to earn money in the private sector to pay his children's college costs.

These greedy vultures don't make enough???

[Fridays Child]

8. If THEY don't make enough, we're in deeper doodoo than I thought.

[karlrschneider]

6. Yahoo link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070514/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fired_prosecutors_resignation

[napi21]

7. That's a good enough excuse, EXCEPT the timing is very suspect!

I don't believe in coincidence. My guess is the McNulty knows how much sh*t is heading for the fan blades, and he's gettin out of Dodge before he gets spattered with any!

[L. Coyote]

9. The McNulty Memo, and what does it do? = Tone Down Corporate Fraud Prosecutions

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=22930
New DOJ Guidelines Tone Down Corporate Fraud Prosecutions
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=22930

Question: What is the McNulty Memo, and what does it do?

Cellini: On Dec. 12, 2006, Paul McNulty, the incumbent Deputy Attorney General, issued a revised memorandum to prosecutors outlining the factors they should consider when deciding to charge corporate entities with wrongdoing. This memorandum replaces the Thompson Memo and will inevitably come to be known as the McNulty Memo.

The McNulty Memo chooses sides in the war between the factor that rewards companies for establishing effective internal compliance programs and the factor that punishes companies for failing to voluntarily disclose adverse information turned up by those very same programs. Specifically, the McNulty Memo dramatically limits the circumstances under which it will require corporations to waive the attorney/client privilege. In other words, the Justice Department has made a choice and has come down on the side of encouraging companies to establish compliance programs (even at the expense of giving up its power to force companies to disclose unfavorable information uncovered by those programs).

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"He has also been the principal driver of the Department’s policies and efforts to prevent corporate fraud and stop those who seek to defraud the taxpayers through fraudulent procurement practices...."


Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on the
Resignation of Deputy Attorney General Paul J. Mcnulty
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/May/07_ag_357.html

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MORE: 30 U.S. attorneys investigate BILKING BILLIONS, Medicare, Medicaid, Military’s Healthcare
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[malaise]

10. McNulty has left Gonzo swigning in the breeze on his own

Will someone cut that rope and let him fall on his face.

[Perky]

11. Didn't Tor Ridge used the same cover story?

[Fridays Child]

13. I believe that you are correct about that.

[PaDem]

16. Indeed he did........

he was making about $160,000 per year with the Federal Gov't.

[ComerPerro]

12. Pat Robertson's diploma mill isn't cheap, you know

[Nite Owl]

14. If he can't pay tuition

for his kids how are the rest of us supposed to do it? He must make over 100 grand for that kind of job, it needs to be examined just how normal middle class people can afford to educate their children. He opened a whole new can of worms with that reason.

[Fridays Child]

15. Absolutely agree. nt

[KharmaTrain]

17. The GOOP Equivelent Of The Soviet Cold

The timing is very curious...right as Goodling's immunity deal was settled and it appears she may sing. McNulty wants out of this trainwreck with whatever sanity he has left. This couldn't happen to a finer slimeball as I still see him as Shipper's hatchet man during the Clinton Inquisition.

McNulty must have felt like he was working at the North Pole since his original testimony opened the floodgates to this scandal. With the DOJ in total gridlcok, why not get out now while there's still some of the ship above the waterline. Rats always know the best time to jump.