U.S. Attorneys

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  • Sampson: I suggested firing Patrick Fitzgerald

    Gonzales' former chief of staff says he can't remember why. Anyone want to give him a hint?
  • Sampson: Gonzales was wrong

    The attorney general's former chief of staff testifies under oath.
  • Erasing the distance between the White House and Justice

    The White House Counsel's Office signed off on a misleading letter about Rove's involvement in the prosecutor purge.
  • Follow the e-mails

    The discovery of a previously unknown treasure chest of e-mails buried by the Bush administration may prove to be as informative as Nixon's secret White House tapes.
  • More documents on the prosecutor purge

    The Justice Department releases more papers to the House Judiciary Committee.
  • "I don't remember ... I wasn't involved ... I don't recall"

    Alberto Gonzales and the slippery slope.
  • Gonzales: I only know what I did

    The attorney general leaves open the possibility that his underlings recommended firings for improper reasons.
  • Gonzales aide to take the Fifth

    The White House promised that Congress would get the whole truth. It won't this way.
  • Why the purge matters

    "There are some lines we just assume aren't going to be crossed."
  • Rove, proven liar

    President Bush's "offer" to let Congress interview Karl Rove about the U.S. attorney firings without an oath is a joke. As we learned in Plamegate, Rove cannot be trusted to tell the truth.
  • A question of trust

    A spokesman says the Justice Department has produced all responsive documents about the purge. But that's not what the acting assistant attorney general told Congress
  • Who trusts the White House? It's a short list

    Tony Snow, Dan Bartlett, the Wall Street Journal and John Yoo.
  • What Bush is hiding

    In the U.S. attorney scandal, Alberto Gonzales gave orders, but he also took them -- from Karl Rove, who plotted to turn the federal criminal justice system into the Republican Holy Office of the Inquisition.
  • Snow job, II

    He's the White House spokesman, but they're not paying him to be a "fact witness" for the Justice Department.
  • Snow job

    When Tony Snow opposed executive privilege for President Clinton, it was "not an entirely analogous situation." Read the transcript.
  • How U.S. attorneys were used to spread voter-fraud fears

    Long before it fired eight U.S. attorneys for political reasons, the Bush administration had politicized their jobs by making them push a favorite GOP talking point.
  • It's called majority power

    House subcommittee approves subpoenas for Rove, Miers.
  • Democrats to Bush: Bring it on

    Why the president's "offer" on Rove, Miers testimony isn't much of an offer at all.
  • GOP senator: Gonzales won't last long

    Attorney general cancels appearance before House Appropriations Committee.
  • What's missing from the document dump

    The Justice Department withholds documents showing White House role in prosecutor-purge testimony.
  • Imagine his score if he'd indicted Rove

    As it moved to fire prosecutors, the Justice Department ranked Patrick Fitzgerald as "not distinguished."
  • Did the prosecutor purge wait for Bush's OK?

    The Justice Department asked for a "green light" in November, but the president was overseas.
  • Indicia of guilt

    Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff didn't want ousted U.S. attorney testifying before the Senate.
  • Documents: White House vetted testimony on attorneys

    E-mails show coordination between Justice Department and White House counsel's office.
  • Gonzales' fate and the new document dump

    One report says the attorney general will survive. Another says the White House is looking for his replacement.
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