U.S. District Judge Approves Monica Goodling Immunity

      It now appears that former Justice Department aide Monica Goodling will get to testify to Congress about those eight federal prosecutors who were fired because of " poor performance."        Source                                         

    U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan approved the deal to give Goodling immunity from prosecution, which Congress agreed to. Goodling had refused to testify unless she was given the immunity, so now things should get really interesting for Bush/Rove and Gonzales.

"Monica Goodling may not refuse to testify," Hogan began his brief order, which said that Goodling could not be prosecuted for anything other than perjury in connection with her testimony.

Lawmakers want to question Goodling as part of an inquiry into whether the Justice Department played politics with the hiring and firing of department officials. What began as an inquiry into whether U.S. attorneys were fired for political reasons has grown to include the role of the White House in the firings and whether the Justice Department officials misled Congress about them.

Goodling's lawyer has said that, with an immunity deal, she would cooperate and testify honestly.

   My take is that Monica Goodling will go before the Congress, and just as Gonzales has done, she will have a memory lapse and she simply will not remember the circumstances to some of the questions which she will be asked. Typical Republican b.s. Then again, there is the slight chance that she will become a humane being with some morals and answer as she should, truthfully and completely.

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