Gonzales And The Justice Department Are In The Crosshairs

Robert Novak:

House Democrats, led by Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel, are targeting Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the Justice Department under him in a wide-ranging congressional investigation.

The point of the Democratic attack is dismissal of seven U.S. attorneys, all involved in probes of public corruption. On Thursday, Emanuel sent Gonzales his second letter demanding the appointment of Carol Lam, fired as U.S. attorney in San Diego, as an outside counsel to continue her pursuit of the Duke Cunningham case.  MORE BELOW

                                 

  Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel  started the attack a little while back after Carol Lam, who headed the Duke Cunningham investigation while U.S. Attorney in California, was dismissed from her post.

"To remove the cloud of politics over Ms. Lam’s dismissal, and to ensure there are no delays in the investigation of the Cunningham matter, I call on you to immediately name Carol Lam as outside counsel with all necessary resources to continue her excellent work on the Cunningham case and related matters," Emanuel wrote.

   The seven firings for no good reasons are getting plenty of attention and so is the role in  which the White House may have played in the dismissals.

    I think that before the entire Bush Crime Family is indicted, we will need a bigger prison. The future inmate list grows longer by the day.

 

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