Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Calling for a Special Prosecutor



My wishful thinking.....

BREAKING: CREW wants Special Prosecutor to investigate potential criminal violations in U.S. Attorney firings


CREW wants the immediate appointment of a Special Prosecutor to investigate potential criminal violations related to the recent dismissals of eight U.S. Attorneys. Recent revelations indicate that a top-ranking Department of Justice official knew that statements made by top Department officials were not true. Clearly, the Department of Justice cannot investigate itself and prosecute the misconduct of DOJ officials. CREW also asked the Department of Justice’s Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility to investigate the situation.

CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan expressed our position:

Given the murky nature of this situation and the unresolved questions of what top level Justice officials knew, when they knew it and whether they deliberately withheld information from Congress, Attorney General Gonzales should immediately appoint a Special Prosecutor. Both Congress and the American people deserve a full accounting of the truth behind the firings of the U.S. Attorneys. If the attorney general doesn’t want to see the truth come out, perhaps the Inspector General will.



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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This would be a big job, they would need a lot of special prosecutors and a lot of help.

SP Biloxi said...

And there are plenty of unrecognized prosecutors that take on that challenge.

airJackie said...

Fitz would blow the top of the White House. Look the Republicans now see just how good he is at his job, Fitz is the very last person the Republicans would want to handle a scandal like this. Now the GOP would want a lawyer who has not experience and just make it trough law school and just passing the Bar examine. Thereby having the case dismissed. Fitz is the 007 for the legal system. Be afraid be very afraid if Fitz is on the case.