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Attorneygate is getting stickier and stickier. All of Washington is now anxiously awaiting the release of documents later today that could well determine the fate of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Meanwhile, the specifics of one firing, that of San Diego Prosecutor Carol Lam, is getting curioser and curioser.
The documents in question will be made public "by the close of business" Monday, according to a just-released Justice Dept. announcement. Gonzales, the same announcement says, has no public engagements on his schedule Monday, and the Department of Justice says there are no current plans to explain the new...
Gonzales's future as the nation's top law enforcement officer is in serious doubt as the scandal surrounding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year reaches into the White House. Republicans, rather than defending Gonzales, are making clear they believe the Administration needs to be much clearer about...
Meanwhile, the timeline of the firing of Carol Lam has raised even more eyebrows. On a weekend talk show, Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat on the Judiciary committee, revealed that on May 10, Lam, the U.S. attorney in San Diego, had informed the Justice Department about her plans to issue...
Gonzales may also be suffering from what the aide calls "Rummy rub-off." Senators who stood up loud and clear to defend Rumsfeld before the '06 election, only to have Bush fire him immediately afterwards, have learned their lesson. Few want to take the political hit defending someone they don...