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Democratic Senators have suggested that Gonzales may have been trying to coach Goodling ahead of Congressional inquiries into the matter. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island said the conversation had the whiff of obstruction of justice. Leahy and Specter wrote Fine on June 5 to ask whether the Goodling conversation was...
Gonzales's defenders say he did nothing wrong in the conversation. "The Attorney General has never attempted to influence or shape the testimony or public statements of any witness in this matter, including Ms. Goodling," said Justice spokesman Dean Boyd. "The statements made by the Attorney General during this meeting...
The news of Fine's interest in the Goodling conversation comes at a time when the Administration had been hoping to get past the scandal. Gonzales and the White House have been fighting running battles with the Democrats for the better part of three months now and the failed no...
Just how much trouble the Goodling conversation alone will make for Gonzales remains to be seen. When pressed by the House judiciary committee, Goodling said that while she was uncomfortable, she did not think that Gonzales was trying to shape her testimony. Democratic Representative Artur Davis of Alabama asked her...
But the fact that Fine himself is looking into it is a troubling development for Gonzales. A former Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Law School graduate, Fine is well respected in Washington and has the kind of credibility that could damage Gonzales and the Bush Administration in ways that political players...