Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified yesterday that the firings of eight U.S. Attorneys was “justified and should stand.” Now those attorneys are reacting.
Former Washington U.S. Attorney John McKay:
Gonzales cited McKay’s authorship of a letter criticizing delays in implementing a law enforcement information-sharing program, as well as comments he made to the Seattle P-I last fall about the staffing levels in his office.
“Generally I recollect there being serious concerns about his judgment,” Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee. […]
“I think it’s a sad day for the Department of Justice,” said McKay, who previously represented the Western District of Washington. “The attorney general missed an opportunity to testify with honor.”
Asked to elaborate, McKay declined, saying, “The senators savaged him enough. I certainly don’t want to talk about his absurd allegations. He’s obviously so disconnected he has no idea what my performance was like and what my judgment was like, and I’ll just leave it at that.”
Former New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias:
Iglesias watched the hearings from a naval base at Newport, R.I. He’s finishing a naval reserve deployment and called the hearings “painful to watch.”
“I can only liken Mr. Gonzales’ testimony to a bloodied swimmer in a shark tank. He’s really getting beat up,” Iglesias said. […]
“Now we’re hearing from the A.G. that he apologized on how this was handled. That doesn’t quite get us to where we need to go which was that they shouldn’t have done it. Kyle Sampson stated that under oath a couple of weeks ago, that the Department of Justice should have never gone down this path and if he had it to do over he would have never put me on that list,” Iglesias said.
1 comment:
Bush has shown the American people that he picks the bottom of the barrel when it comes to appointees. Gonzo looked and sound stupid and a liar. I knew he wouldn't do well. A person has to study for the SAT's 9 years yet Gonzo thinks he can study for a couple of days. He was so bad the schools that gave him degrees should be embarrassed. Now the world knows the colleges give uneducated people degrees. The fired lawyers comments were nice because I could almost read their minds. Why kick a man when he's down.
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