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...questions were raised about his links to former Republican Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who has pleaded guilty to bribery and is currently serving a prison term. As previously released documents now indicate, the day after Lam informed DoJ of her plans to execute a search warrant on Foggo, Kyle Sampson, chief of staff to Gonzales, e-mailed William Kelley, the deputy White House counsel, telling him that Lam should be gotten rid of. "Please call me at your convenience to discuss the following," Sampson wrote in his e-mail to the White House. He then cited a "real problem...
...Schumer cited a Feb. 23, 2007, letter from the Justice Department saying that "it was not aware of anyone lobbying" for the appointment of Tim Griffin as U.S. Attorney in Arkansas. Schumer then referred to a Dec. 19, 2006 e-mail by former Justice Department chief of staff Kyle Sampson saying that getting Griffin "appointed was important to Harriet, Karl, etc." Schumer asked Bush to "explain any involvement of Karl Rove or members of his staff in the decision to request the resignation" of the U.S. attorney Griffin was to replace...
...Sampson, who resigned as chief of staff Monday, is the focus of much attention on the Hill. But the person most squarely in Congress's cross hairs is Sampson's former boss, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. On Tuesday, Bush said Gonzales "has got work to do up there," pacifying lawmakers, and though some read that as a possible prelude to Gonzales' forced resignation, most Administration watchers doubt the President would ever pull the plug himself on a Texas loyalist such as the Attorney General, who has been with Bush for years...
...Those e-mails show that Miers first proposed firing all 93 U.S. attorneys shortly after Bush was reelected in 2004. After her idea was rejected by DOJ and White House political guru Karl Rove, Sampson, Gonzales's chief of staff, suggested forcing out a more limited number of U.S. attorneys. In consultation with Miers and others at the White House and DOJ, Sampson drew up a hit list and detailed plans to oust them, with a heavy emphasis on politics...
...mail, Sampson notes that the appointment of Tim Griffin to a U.S. attorney slot in Little Rock, "was important to Harriet [Miers], Karl [Rove], etc." In response, Democrats said they would investigate the "etc." - to discover which persons at the White House or DOJ he might have been referring...