Gonzales Gave Kyle Sampson New Justice Dept. Office After His Supposed ‘Resignation’
Gonzales Gave Kyle Sampson New Justice Dept. Office After His Supposed ‘Resignation’
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales planned to install his former aide Kyle Sampson as a lawyer in the Justice Department’s environment division even after Sampson’s “resignation,” NPR reported today.
Media outlets have reported this week that Sampson, Gonzales’ ex-chief of staff, resigned over the U.S. Attorney scandal on Monday. But as ThinkProgress noted, Gonzales on Tuesday made vague remarks during his press conference indicating that Sampson was still on the department payroll. “His transition — as a technical matter, he is at the Department as he transitions out and looks for another employment.”
In fact, Gonzales “started to set up a new office for Sampson” in the Justice Department, and Sampson only resigned on Tuesday when “the scandal surrounding eight fired U.S. Attorneys continued to grow.” A Justice official told NPR that “there were discussions about whether or not he would be detailed elsewhere as he was transitioning out and ultimately it was decided not to go that direction.”
Transcript:
NPR has learned that the Attorney General’s chief of staff resigned from his position this week, the Justice Department took steps to establish him as an attorney elsewhere in the building. Kyle Sampson stepped down on Monday after Justice officials said he was responsible for the attorney general giving incomplete information to Congress over the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys. NPR’s Ari Shapiro reports:
SHAPIRO: According to Justice Department sources, after Kyle Sampson resigned as the attorney general’s chief of staff on Monday, he was going to work as a lawyer in the legislative section of the department’s environment division. The Justice Department started to set up a new office for Sampson in that section, and he only resigned from the department on Tuesday, when the scandal surrounding eight fired U.S. Attorneys continued to grow. On Tuesday afternoon, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sampson only remained in the department “as a technical matter.” A Justice official speaking on background said there were discussions about whether or not he would be detailed elsewhere as he was transitioning out and ultimately it was decided not to go that direction.
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Now you are going to claim THIS is another “lie” even though Gonzales said he was still at DoJ the other day?
March 16th, 2007 at 5:45 pmDid you think nobody would notice? Geez, Al, people are looking for this kind of stuff now.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:46 pmWhere do they find all these vomit-infused turd blossoms? One is uglier than the next, I swear to God!
March 16th, 2007 at 5:47 pmAh, these jackasses take cronyism to a new height, dizzying height, nosebleed territory. FU AlbertoV05!
March 16th, 2007 at 5:49 pmDear Gonzo:
Nah nah nah nah…nah nah nah nah…hey hey hey…
March 16th, 2007 at 5:50 pmRummy still has an office at the Pentagon with six staffers. And he was let go in January.
Apparently, when someone leaves the Chimpy Regime in disgrace, they come right back through the secret entrance.
Nothing about this crooked bunch surprises me anymore.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:50 pmTom 3 ~
March 16th, 2007 at 5:55 pmOnly six staffers?
I thought it took eight just to wind him up each morning?
They can’t let Sampson go. He knows too much.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:56 pmSampson is Rove’s “Mini Me”.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:57 pm#6- That’s for certain. You don’t see Rummy any more, but he’s still there. As a matter of fact, all of the people responsible for the Iran-Contra scandal are back again, holding various posts and titles in THIS administration. That’s why it’s so important to cut the head off the snake so that it can’t come back again, to haunt us… again. Impeach and make it stick. No pardons.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:59 pmDC public records indicate that the federal government (Treasury-IRS) has a tax lien filed against Sampson.
It was filed in 2004.
So I guess he needs the job?
March 16th, 2007 at 5:59 pmHere is Jake, on every thread, defending the administration no matter what. Every few hours Jake experiences another setback as more dirt on his employer is revealed. Fall back and retrench, Jake.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:59 pmWonder what his resume on Monster looks like;
Hard working, energetic front man, more than willing to be scapegoat.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:00 pmWill relocate, eager to get away from crowded hearing rooms.
Pay, benefits and soul negotiable.
Comment by Jake
Jake seems to be ok with lies and deception, typical for a Bush lover.
Honor means nothing to these neocons.
I include you as well, Jake. You have no honor because you support these honorless clowns.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:01 pmPay, benefits and soul negotiable.
Comment by RUCerious — March 16, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Sounds like a troll.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:02 pm#12 VerbalKint
Here is Jake, on every thread, defending the administration no matter what.
It’s hard work having to pull up the goalposts and move them another ten yards downfield every hour.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:03 pm#15- I think he’s being sarcastic. Don’t be so quick to judge.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:05 pmVK ~ After I read it, I wondered who might think I was talking about JakePatsyRojer…
March 16th, 2007 at 6:05 pm#16 chimpeach ~
March 16th, 2007 at 6:07 pmthe chymp is still planning a 600 yard field goal.
Pay, benefits and soul negotiable.
Comment by RUCerious — March 16, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Sounds like a troll.
Comment by VerbalKint
Trolls have souls?
March 16th, 2007 at 6:07 pmThey must be black as tar.
Attorney Profile - Kyle Sampson, Ethics & Professional Responsibility Constitutional Law Criminal ……heeeheeeeheeee
March 16th, 2007 at 6:10 pmThis is one better than getting the presiresidential medal of certain glorification of our fearless leader. he gets to keep his job near the shredder.
retires for cause that will have him indicted
yet gets new job in same offices where he will be indicted for serving
has boss that fears no evil.
Herr Goebels would be most proud of you boys.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:10 pmPay, benefits and soul negotiable.
Comment by RUCerious
You hit the nail on the head with the negotiable soul. Ouch!
Heh.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:10 pm#17 R
March 16th, 2007 at 6:12 pmHe’s spot on, not calling me a troll…just commenting that my resume line sounds like it would fit a troll…
Mistress Z~
March 16th, 2007 at 6:13 pmbent the damn nail doing it too.
#9 hahahahahhaha
March 16th, 2007 at 6:13 pmI was just thinking that!
Is Kyle Sampson the love child of Karl Rove? The resemblance is more than uncanny. Of course, that would presume that someone would have had to $#@* KR. Never mind.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:13 pmTurd Sprout?
March 16th, 2007 at 6:16 pmJake and fellow trolls: This will be of no interest to you. For others Media Matters - http://mediamatters.org/ items/ 200703150001?src=item200703160009 - is another good source of facts related to the US attorneys scandal.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:19 pmNo one ever bothered to ask if Libby remained on the payroll after his “firing” so kudos to NPR on Sampson.
We did learn today from the Waxman testimony that Libby no longer has a security clearance (at least as of today).
March 16th, 2007 at 6:22 pmNo unqualified crony left behind.
-GSD
March 16th, 2007 at 6:24 pm#15- I think he’s being sarcastic. Don’t be so quick to judge.
Comment by R — March 16, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
#24 RUC, thanks for catching my meaning! I might have better said: Sounds like a job ad for a troll.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:25 pm#24- Got’cha. Just trying to cover ya.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:25 pmIs Kyle Sampson the love child of Karl Rove?Comment by Lesliekjo — March 16, 2007 @ 6:13 pm
I keep telling you guys even the kids Rove thinks are his couldn’t possibly be. Who’d have sex with that pink pile of puss. And Love in the same sentence as Rove - talk about an oxymoron.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:32 pmR ~ #33
March 16th, 2007 at 6:36 pmThanks for the backup…Could have used you in my squad in Phu Bai~
This is hilarious … this is watching naked clowns dancing on hot coals … these morons are acting like losing the 06′ elections meant nothing and they could go on acting like Gods when they’re nothing but thugs - and not very bright ones at that !
ha, god , how in the Hell did people this vapid and vile gain so much power? are we really not that far from the cave?
March 16th, 2007 at 6:36 pmThis guy looks like Anne Coulter fu*ked Dwight Shrute.
But, we all know Anne the Man doesn’t have the right equipment.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:39 pmDwight Shrute, heh.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:42 pmWhat’s wrong with the greatest SecDef the United States has ever had maintaining an office at the Pentagon? Hell, I would name an aircraft carrier after Rumsfeld if I could.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:42 pmAnd the hits just keep on coming! Isn’t it finally time to impeach them? I have to agree with Kucinich - an impeachment would keep them too busy to attack Iran - and at least some of their lies and crimes would come to light.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:43 pmDwight Shrute, heh.
Comment by ForTruth
Who?
March 16th, 2007 at 6:50 pmOh Jakey pooh … just go back to doing what your other “hero” used to do. You know the FBI Director Hoover. Yeah, he was great wasn’t he? GREAT at doing drag! So go home you drag queen jake!
March 16th, 2007 at 6:50 pmpowkat:
Isn’t it finally time to impeach them?
No. It could also force them into a corner that would PROVOKE another attack (kinda like when Clinton launched those missiles to stall the impeachment vote) or result in President CHENEY! Careful what you wish for.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:50 pmHell, I would name an aircraft carrier after Rumsfeld if I could.
Comment by Jake
I’m glad you won’t be able to do that, Jake.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:52 pmComment by Zooey
I’ve been meaning to ask, and pardon me if I’m late to the dance, but whatever happened to Franny?
March 16th, 2007 at 6:55 pmHell, I would name an aircraft carrier after Rumsfeld if I could.
Comment by Jake — March 16, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
And YOU know where I’d stick that aircraft carrier if I could. Bend over Jake.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:57 pmFunMe:
That was not me in the pink “Impeach Bush” shirt popping off behind Valerie Plame today.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:57 pmI’ve been meaning to ask, and pardon me if I’m late to the dance, but whatever happened to Franny?
Comment by gummitch
Heh. No Franny, gummitch. :)
Zooey is a shortened version of my former name: Zookeeper.
March 16th, 2007 at 6:59 pmJake: “kinda like when Clinton launched those missiles to stall the impeachment vote…”
Right, Jake. By your strange reaction to the news about destroying our own intelligence assets for political reasons DURING a war on terrorism, we know where your “values” are — I’m sure impeaching Clinton over a blowjob was much more important to you than killing Osama bin laden.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:00 pmPhooey, Zooey. I thought maybe you were Glass.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:01 pmDwight Shrute, heh.
Comment by ForTruth
Who?
Comment by Zooey — March 16, 2007 @ 6:50 pm
He’s a character on The Office. His name is Rainn Wilson. Do you know where to look him up?
March 16th, 2007 at 7:06 pmBluedog49:
I though Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice? Thanks for setting me straight though.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:08 pmPhooey, Zooey. I thought maybe you were Glass.
Comment by gummitch
No, just a delicate flower of womanhood. :P
March 16th, 2007 at 7:11 pmNo, Jake. It was for “lying,” not perjury. Clinton’s lie did not meet the definition of perjury. And, I’ll take your response as a tacit admission that it WAS more important to you to impeach a sitting president for lying about a sexual affair than it was to kill Osama bin Laden. Those are your values, Jake. Politics is more important to you than the safety of our citizens and our country. Just wanted to set the record straight on that.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:12 pmHe’s a character on The Office. His name is Rainn Wilson. Do you know where to look him up?
Comment by shane
I found him. Wow, the similarity is uncanny!
I don’t have cable, so that means no TV in my area. I miss a lot of TV references. :}
March 16th, 2007 at 7:14 pmPlease do not take my response as a tacit admission that it WAS more important to me to impeach a sitting president for lying about a sexual affair than it was to kill Osama bin Laden. I was simply rebutting your other point first. Here’s a link to the full text of Clinton’s Articles of Impeachment:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-srv/ politics/ special/ clinton/ stories/ impeachvote121198.htm
Pay particular attention to Article I: “Contrary to that oath, William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury . . .”
March 16th, 2007 at 7:18 pmClinton was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. The vote in the Senate was 55 (not guilty)-45 (guilty) on the perjury charge; and 50-50 on the obstruction of justice charge (acquitted).
He was acquitted by the Senate of the impeachment charge on 2/12/99.
M’kay?
March 16th, 2007 at 7:19 pmI named my bowel movements after you Jake. In fact I just took a big steamy juicy Jake at lunch today. I flushed, because nobody should have to put up with seeing or smelling my Jakes.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:30 pmPay particular attention to Article I: “Contrary to that oath, William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury . . .â€Comment by Jake — March 16, 2007 @ 7:18 pm
Pay particular attention to the *findings* of the Senate, that found him *not-guilty* of those charges. The same can’t be said for members of *this* administration, who’ve been *proven* to be criminals.
Pull your head out of your *ss, it’s choked off any O2 to that shrapnel sized brain of yours dum bass!
March 16th, 2007 at 7:30 pmThanks for setting me straight though.
Comment by Jake — March 16, 2007 @ 7:08 pm
Jake we can’t talk about YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION here. I think it’s part of that privacy stuff you made up.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:33 pmFor the record, Bluedog49 on March 16, 2007 @ 7:12 pm claimed “No, Jake [Clinton was impeached] for ‘lying,’ not perjury.” I provided a link to the actual Articles of Impeachment, even though, yes, I know he was not convicted in the Senate. Doesn’t change the fact that Clinton was indeed “impeached” for perjury. The Senate didn’t convict on “obstruction of justice” either. He was still IMPEACHED for it.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:35 pmValiantVenusGrewFromUranus:
The same can’t be said for members of *this* administration, who’ve been *proven* to be criminals.
The House impeached Bush, and the Senate convicted, while I wasn’t looking?!
March 16th, 2007 at 7:37 pmAm I the first one to notice that Sampson looks exactly like George Costanza? And judging by his output, he’s been at work on the “Penski File” at DOJ.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:38 pmI named my bowel movements after you Jake. In fact I just took a big steamy juicy Jake at lunch today. I flushed, because nobody should have to put up with seeing or smelling my Jakes.
Comment by Spudge_Boy
LMAO…..Objection!…..LMAO….
March 16th, 2007 at 7:41 pmAm I the first to notice that Sampson looks exactly like George Costanza? Judging by his efforts, he’s been working on the “Penski File” at DOJ
March 16th, 2007 at 7:42 pmI’m sure impeaching Clinton over a blowjob was much more important to you than killing Osama bin laden.
Comment by Bluedog49
Like I said Jake has no honor. He supports the Liar in Chimp, Thinks Dumbsfeld is the greatest Sec of Defense, supports outing a covert CIA agent, supports treating the war wounded like crap, so what can you expect?
March 16th, 2007 at 7:45 pmThe House impeached Bush, and the Senate convicted, while I wasn’t looking?! Comment by Jake — March 16, 2007 @ 7:37 pm
What, Libby isn’t a member of this administration? You’re not just stupid old man, you suffer from dementia!
This administration has the highest official ever *convicted* of a crime in over a century! And he’s just the first.
You, are just a st*pid cultist with your head buried so far up your own *ss, your head is filled with nothing but sh*t!
March 16th, 2007 at 7:48 pmI truly hope these cynical bastards get their due.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:57 pmI love it… Jaking is now in my vocabulary. i was jaking all day long on tuesday, ate some bad Indian food… ew.
March 16th, 2007 at 8:46 pmI love it… Jaking is now in my vocabulary. i was jaking all day long on tuesday, ate some bad Indian food… ew.
Comment by SKdeA
LMAO…..TMI…..LMAO…..Objection!
March 16th, 2007 at 9:00 pmChimpy’s Magical, Mystical SHELL GAME- you can check out any time you want, but you can never leave.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:55 pmOut the front door and in the back door.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:59 pmThere is no sense of shame in the White House - only a sense of defiance.
GONZO the CLOWN should CHANGE HIS TITLE from Inquisitor General of the IN-Justice Department to “COURT-JESTER”–After All, Gonzales ENTERTAINS US ALL AND MAKES US LAUGH WITH HIS ANTICS AND LAUGHABLE COMMENTS–SO LET HIS JOB TITLE FIT HIS NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES!!!!!
March 17th, 2007 at 2:12 amAMERICAN PRESIDENT IS COMPLICIT IN CHILD ABUSE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
According to one portion of the transcript made public earlier this week, however, Mohammed told the panel of three unnamed military officers that his children had been held for four months and abused during his incarceration.
DISGUSTING,,,
Maybe you dont get news in America But the world knows whats happening
March 17th, 2007 at 6:58 am#62 Jake learn to read. I. Lewis Libby was a member of the Administration. I think we should call jake the Black Knight.
March 17th, 2007 at 7:54 amyou guys are killing me with your snarky remarks and LMAO. Jake, ahahaha…. rhymes with rake, as in tool ! ahahaha……
March 17th, 2007 at 3:07 pmYou call your’s Jake… I thought I was the only one to name my, you-know-what.
It’s the only way I can coop over that last 6 years. I get to say good bye to Dubya every morning… and if I’m feeling bad sometimes he runs away.
But, while were at it, you know the old joke, never trust a fart… Well, I’ve name them too.
Ooppssss, sorry I Chaney’d
March 17th, 2007 at 5:24 pmThe only thing that would improve Jake’s opinion of Rummy is if a nuke went off in an American city.
Rummy already lost a war - what could be better for a conservative?
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