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During his intensive preparations for Thursday's hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales knew that Democrats would be laying into him about allegations of incompetence, misstatements and undue political influence in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year. But he had to at least hope that Republicans wouldn't be his major challenge as he scrambled to save his job. Given the tense questioning, however, it's clear that Gonzales has his hands full with both parties...
...what could prove an embarrassing new setback for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the eve of his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a group of influential conservatives and longtime Bush supporters has written a letter to the White House to call for his resignation...
...Honorable Alberto Gonzales Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington...
...White House inadvertently crashed the computers of Senate Judiciary Committee staffers Thursday night with another massive dump of e-mails about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year. In all some 2,400 pages of new documents were made available five days before Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appears in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to give make-or-break testimony in the scandal. With their computers back up and running, Capitol Hill staffers are digging through the pile, looking for new avenues of investigation...
...Sources tell TIME that discussions are under way on Capitol Hill about whether to offer just such a deal to the key former aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The discussions - still largely informal - follow Goodling's assertion of her Fifth Amendment privilege to refuse to testify about her role in the controversial firings. Were Goodling to receive some form of immunity, she could be legally compelled to testify or risk facing charges of contempt of Congress...