Goodling's lawyer told Dems to ask about AG

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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/05/goodlings_lawyer_told_dems_to.html



Goodling's lawyer told Dems to ask about AG

So, just how did Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) know to ask all those probing, dramatic questions about the mid-March meeting between Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Monica Goodling?

Her lawyer told him to ask, that's how. And now Democrats are questioning whether Gonzales misrepresented the facts to them less than two weeks ago.

Goodling today recalled her last conversation with Gonzales and said she felt uncomfortable when Gonzales began recalling for her his understanding of the process that led to the firings of nine U.S. attorneys last year.

After today's House Judiciary Committee hearing into the firings, Davis told reporters there was no formal "proffer" - an official legal offering of what she'd say - but that there were "informal conversations" with staff and John Dowd.

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"Mr. Dowd certainly had conversations with staff. ... There were certainly some indications where Miss Goodling might go," Davis told reporters afterward.

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1. Uh - I meant to do that.

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2. Reminds me of a scene in 'Bull Durham'

Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: God, that sucker teed off on that like he knew I was gonna throw a fastball!
Crash Davis: He did know.
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: How?
Crash Davis: I told him.

I also noticed John Conyers' special thank you to Dowd yesterday. It's not unusual to thank both witness and counselor, but in this case it seemed to have an extra oomph to it.