Gonzo Fesses Up 

March 31. 2007 

Alberto “it’s a conspiracy” Gonzales has admitted he had more to do with the US attorney firings than he previously stated. No, you don’t say. 

Talk about bargaining. It went from I-had-nothing-to-do-with-it to ok-I-signed-off-on-it to ok-maybe-I-knew-a-little-more-than-I-said.   

One of his former aides is also contradicting his previous denials. Yea, you’re up a creek on this. 

The irony of all of this is, something that is lawful, as it is the President’s legal right to dismiss US attorneys at will, has turned into a major political scandal, because of how it was handled. Even the lawful stuff is turning into a nightmare for Gonzales and co. Can you imagine what’s going to happen with the illegal stuff:  

Gonzales acknowledges role in attorney firings

Tuesday, March 27, 2007 

Washington — Saying he wanted to be “more precise” about what he had done, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales acknowledged Monday that he had a role in approving an aide’s recommendation to dismiss several U.S. attorneys last year, but he denied that he was involved in the process of identifying which individual prosecutors should be replaced.

His remarks, in an interview with NBC News, were the first by Gonzales seeking to reconcile his public statements about his involvement in the firings with internal e-mails made public by the Justice Department on Friday. 

The differences between his public words and the private e-mail traffic have added to concerns about Gonzales among members of Congress, a growing number of whom are losing confidence in his management of the Justice Department and are urging him to resign… 

Democrats questioned the decision, which some legal experts viewed as the opening of negotiations by Dowd to obtain immunity for Goodling in exchange for her testimony. 

Goodling, who is still employed by the Justice Department, is on leave. 

Gonzales’ former chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson, has agreed to testify before the Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Sampson resigned March 12. – Los Angeles Times