McNulty to testify be interviewed Friday.
By on Apr 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 pm
McNulty to testify be interviewed Friday.
The Crypt reports:
Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee this Friday, a week after his boss, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was grilled by the panel.
McNulty will be questioned about what he knew and when he knew it regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) just told reporters.
UPDATE: The Politico updates its story: “McNulty will be interviewed behind closed doors by the Senate Judiciary Committee this Friday… William Moschella, the principal deputy attorney general, is set to be interviewed on Tuesday, according to House and Senate Democratic aides.”
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Good thing Schumer was not in charge when Clinton and Carter replaced U.S. Attorneys for political reasons too.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:06 pmMaybe he can remember what Gonzo couldn’t…..nah….they have worked on their scripts for weeks, but Gonzo still couldn’t remember his script.
I don’t recall….next question please.
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:09 pm“I don’t recall” x 50.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:09 pm“Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Republican Party?”
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 pmClinton did it, too. So did Pelosi.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 pmwith immunity? or is he going to take the 5th?
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 pmIs a week enough time for McNulty to watch the Gonzo hearings and get his story right in line? We might want to give him two weeks to practice “I don’t recall.” You know there is a reason that the police immediately separate the two parties involved in any incident and get two different stories, then compare.
We are giving these lying liars way too much time to prepare for these things.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:11 pmAlfred is a repuke troll, Oh Clinton did it, look over there a bear eating a nun, look on your talking point list for today spin, fool. It has been said a thousand times by you repukes, and it still doesn’t make a bit of difference.
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:12 pmAnd the hits just keep on comin’!!!
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:13 pmAnd it still doesn’t matter if they did it for political reasons jake. That is not what is at issue here. If republican and democratic presidents didn’t replace all of their USAs for political reasons, then there is something wrong with them.
Firing them when they are investigating your friends is what is at issue.
Now before you say it jake, post some proof, or don’t bother.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:13 pmI hope McNulty does as well as Gonzo did.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:16 pmYAHOO!
this will be grill-a-licious!
he will be the perfect set-up to
monica goodling — she is due to
be granted immunity on wed., the
25th — and subpoenaed post haste,
thereafter. she theoretically will be
mcnulty’s fall-person: “she gave me
bad information re purges. . .”
r-i-i-i-i-i-ght.
but what did mcnulty know about the
loylaty oaths goodling is rumored to
have been administering, in violation
of the hatch act???
and — epu’d from the prior
testimony on purge-gate thread. . .
let me offer this:
okay — here is a condensed, edited,
pan-and-scan (w/graphic-cutaways)
youtube’d video/flashplayer
snippet — about 3:10 running
time, total, of sen. sheldon
whitehouse eviscerating the
attorney general over the
astonishingly inappropriate
access low-level white house
staffers (some 447 of ‘em!)
have to criminal cases and
investigations via the alberto
gonzales/george bush formulation
of DoJ — white house access policies.
whew! — take a look! — i’ve been bakin’
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:16 pmda’ pixels all afternoon long, on this. . .
I’m not Jake. I’m another wanker troll.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:17 pmClinton did it too!
(Repeat as necessary)
*end transmission*
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:20 pmAlberto Gonzales, answering “honestly”…
“While I am grateful for the public service of these seven U.S. attorneys, they simply lost my confidence.”
- Alberto Gonzales, March 6th, USA Today Op-Ed
“During those conversations, to my knowledge, I did not make decisions about who should or should not be asked to resign.”
- Alberto Gonzales, April 15th, WaPo Today Op-Ed
For the latest news, document dumps, email archives, hearing transcripts and other essential materials in the firings of U.S. attorneys, see:
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:20 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
S_Boy:
Please don’t tell me you are so uninformed on this issue so as not to know that both Carter and Clinton fired U.S. Attorneys who were indeed investigating their friends (or, at the very least, Democratic politicians)? You really need a link for President Carter firing David Marston?
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:21 pmYou really need a link for President Carter firing David Marston?
Comment by Alfred — April 23, 2007 @ 6:21 pm
Jake, on one post you said that Bush Sr. shouldn’t be mentioned because he is old and was a president a long time ago and now you’re bringing up Carter. Hypocrite.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:24 pmHey Alfred – re-elect Clinton so you can beat up on him some more, and blame him for all that’s wrong with “mer’ka”… oh, wait… nevermind
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:25 pmS_Boy:
Please don’t tell me you are so uninformed on this issue so as not to know that both Carter and Clinton fired U.S. Attorneys who were indeed investigating their friends (or, at the very least, Democratic politicians)? You really need a link for President Carter firing David Marston?
Comment by Alfred — April 23, 2007 @ 6:21 pm
Spudge-boy, allow me:
Jake, this talking point has been worn threadbare by you and it is no closer to reality now than when it was first debunked weeks ago. It’s a clear sign of the poverty of your argument that it’s the only thing you can possibly cling to for flotation as you and your party swirls down the toilet.
Have a nice ride.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:25 pmMay I suggest you start your research here, S_Boy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_U.S._attorneys_controversy#Notable_past_firings_by_previous_administrations
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:25 pmShane and KRank:
I am not Jake.
newtonusr:
I certainly hope and pray that Hillary does not get elected. She already stated she would have Bill serve as “Ambassador to the World” …
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:28 pmBREAKING!
senate judiciary committee to take
vote on NEW ROUND OF SUBPOENAS
this wednesday april 25, 2007, at 10:00 am edt. . .
developing. . .
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:28 pmI am not Jake.
Comment by Alfred — April 23, 2007 @ 6:28 pm
Then what does it say about your ideological brethern that you all sound exactly alike?
Just kidding. We all know you’re Jake. The only ones who my be fooled are your “lurkers”.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:33 pmOf all the crimes and scandals that are being uncovered along with the incompetence of this administration and failed twelve years of GOP majority…all the trolls have is Clinton did it…as if two wrongs make a right.
If the GOP is Damned good, why can’t they operate without being the criminals, liars, and cowards that they have proven to be?
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:36 pmI wonder if McNulty’s memory is any better than Alberto’s.
Obviously Gonzo has been bonging a lot lately and it has fried his memory brain cells.
That would explain his goofy expression and evasiveness too.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:37 pmYeah, I thought he sounded just like Jake, same crap different day.
I destroyed Jake’s fake 72 yr old Korean War vet personna, kept posting just what he really was, a 26-32 yr old loser, more than likely a paid troll, cause I took the time to check his log in hours at the end of most days and noticed the pattern, I know some 72 yr olds and they cannot put in the endless hours that Jake the Fake did.
So now Jake keeps changing his name, but his typing and cut and paste style are still the same.
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:38 pmShane and KRank:
I am not Jake.
Comment by Alfred
What you are,
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:39 pmJakeAlfred, is a liar. Plain and simple.Alfred. What a desperate fool.
Dead end trash.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:41 pmClinton got rid of all the US Attorneys at the beginning of his first term.
Quite legal and precedented.
Chimpy and Gonzo fired 8 US Attorneys because they were going after Repukes, refusing to trump up cases against Dems, and generally not being “good Bushies”.
That’s illegal.
Time to IMPEACH GONE-ZALES.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:42 pmShane and KRank:
I am not Jake.
Allfried, you are a effing liar.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:44 pmWow! I’m only the second person to ever “cut & paste” here?! What an honor, Buck Fush.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:45 pmThe Repukes are intentionally disenfranchising millions of Americans, and one of the ways they do this is with bogus vote fraud charges.
Funny how Gonzales wants to prosecute Dems for this, but hasn’t gone after Mann Coulter for her voter fraud in Florida.
Of course she’s a good Bushie. Wouldn’t want to bother her.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:47 pmOf all the crimes and scandals that are being uncovered along with the incompetence of this administration and failed twelve years of GOP majority…all the trolls have is Clinton did it…as if two wrongs make a right.
Comment by kasinca — April 23, 2007 @ 6:36 pm
kasinca, they don’t even have “Clinton did it”. They try — oh, boy, do they try. But their pathetic talking points are getting thinner and thinner by the week.
It’s kind of like in the grocery store, the cereal boxes are the same size they always were, but if you check the label, you discover that they contain less cereal than they used to. That’s what Republican talking points are doing.
No wonder they get frustrated and resort to distracting the threads, changing screen names and generally “gumming to death” whatever they can.
It’s really all they’ve got. They don’t even have “two wrongs make a right” because the only wrongs we’ve really got are Republican wrongs. But we’ve got plenty of them to go around.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:48 pmTom3:
What if Clinton fired 8 US Attorneys because they were going after Dems, refusing to trump up cases against Repukes, and generally not being “good Klintonites�
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:49 pmOnce they politicize the Department of Justice it is all over.
They’ve already done it to the courts.
We will live under the rule of men, not laws.
That’s not democracy, that’s dictatorship.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:52 pmHey,
Jake“Alfredâ€,Still waiting for proof of your assertion that Chimpy ordered flags flown at half-mast in honor of Tillman’s death.
How’s that search coming?
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:52 pmI don’t know, elizardbreath, what if?
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:53 pmWhat if Clinton fired 8 US Attorneys because they were going after Dems, refusing to trump up cases against Repukes, and generally not being “good Klintonites�
Comment by Alfred — April 23, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
What if you stopped making the same stupid bullshit arguments. What if you explained why you support that traitor Bush and his cronies in the White House.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:53 pmJeez, these trolls keep bringing up Clinton.
The US Attorney firings are illegal because it is in the US Code.
Doesn’t matter who is President or AG. The law is the law.
Bringing up Clinton is what the trolls do when they’re on the ropes.
Keep up the pressure until they go back under their bridge.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:54 pmTripMaster Monkey:
I already gave you a status report on that search.
Shane:
I believe that is the first time I’ve ever asked Tom3 this question. I also don’t think Bush is a traitor, so I reject your reality and substitute my own.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:57 pmWhile it is true that the US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President (and boy, does that sound gay), it is also true that Federal law prohibits US Attorneys from being fired if they are in the middle of an investigation or if they are getting members of your party put in prison.
Of course trolls are too inbred to understand this kind of stuff. Knuckle-dragging Neanderthal 30%ers. Repukes.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:57 pmTom3:
What if Clinton fired 8 US Attorneys because they were going after Dems, refusing to trump up cases against Repukes, and generally not being “good Klintonites�
Comment by Alfred — April 23, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
Jake, speaking for myself, IF the scenario you describe had taken place, that would subverting the D0J and would be bad.
Is that pathetic strawman the only thing you’ve got to throw at this discussion? Man, are you weak. I think you are even more lame now than when you were Jake.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:58 pmTom3:
What is “in the US Code”?
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:58 pmHow long ago was Jake’s um,,, Alfred’s arguement debunked?
And yet he still persists?
Typical Repuke.
Repeat the same lie over and over until people believe it.
Sorry – not going to work here.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:58 pm“Bringing up Clinton is what the trolls do when they’re on the ropes”
I don’t think they’ve ever limited themselves like that. They bring up Clinton whenever they can. Remember when Henry Hyde admitted the impeachment was payback for Nixon? And they go on about Dems hatred for Bush
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:00 pmI reject your reality and substitute my own.
Comment by Alfred — April 23, 2007 @ 6:57 pm
We already know that. But it’s nice to see a little honesty from you, Jake.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:03 pmThe “I don’t recall” lie IS perjury and should be challenged as such. If they have senile dementia and/or are mentally handicapped, that’s one thing; if they are collecting a paycheck for doing a job, then it’s their duty to remember what they did yesterday, an hour ago, or 3 months ago. Otherwise, heave them all out of there pronto!
I’d like for some savvy litigator or team of litigators to prove that they DO remember based on conversations and emails to refresh their sagging, lying memories to prosecute them for “tacit perjury”.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:10 pmNo offence but . . . BFD !!
Alfred Garbonzo could have admitted under oath to the firings for political reasons, he could have admitted under oath that he also was guilty of obstruction of justice . . . . and HE WOULD STILL HAVE HIS JOB !
This country has been taken over by The Corporation.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:11 pmALL of this garbage that everyone thinks is active and somewhat functioning goverment is nothing but a show, a smoke-screen.
Where are our village idiot trolls? I’ve been out of the loop for a few days and it’s such a lovely reprieve….ahhhhhh!
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:12 pmBut then I see a perplexing post by a “fake jake” – isn’t that redundant??
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:13 pmAnd I would also concur wholeheartedly by the sentence structure that, indeed, “Alfred” is “Fake Jake”.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:14 pm#48 You’re right on! This democracy has become fascism overnight and the Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Big Insurance are running the white house. Campaign finance reform is THE only salvation we have for taking control back of this country; otherwise, it’s already lost. As long as the candidates PROSTITUTE themselves via lobbyists to the corporations, we will continue down the fascist road until the last remnants of this dying democracy fade into the sunset.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:16 pmIf it wasn’t so obviously damaging to brain cells, I would say let’s all have some of what Alfred/Jake is smoking… his reality seems to be all rainbows and ponies…
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:18 pmVeritas, I see it didn’t take you long, either, to spot Jake’s newest “creation”, Alfred. And, of course, he claims he’s not Jake. So cute.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:22 pmI also don’t think Bush is a traitor, so I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Comment by Alfred — April 23, 2007 @ 6:57 pm
Until you face the truth about Bush you’re reality is flawed.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:28 pm#1 Albert has missed the point of the inquiry entirely.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:29 pmAs to what if a Democratic Prez did it, then it would still be BAD, ILLEGAL, and I for one would still want it stopped. That is the difference between Dems and Repukes, we like legal and good, they like crime and bad…see the difference, Legal=Good, Crime=Bad
And if indeed you are not Jake the Fake, then you are a carbon copy of him
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:33 pmI am not Jake, but thanks for answering my question.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:41 pmIf they won’t go willingly…
…then…
…By any means neccessary…
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:46 pmWhat does that mean, big papa? You don’t think Bush is going to vacate the White House on January 20, 2009?
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:48 pmJake“Alfred” sez:So…when can we expect results, Shakey?
Pathetic.
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:03 pmSo, “alfred”.
Answer my question:
WHY do you think Bush and Cheney REFUSED TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH to the 9/11 Commission??
i.e. WHY did they REFUSE TO SWEAR TO GOD TO TELL THE TRUTH TO the USA about 9/11, and their friends, the Bin Ladens and Saudi TERRORIST FINANCIERS?
Come on, alfie.
BRING IT ON….
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:11 pmComment by Alfred #60
…it means that Bushiva and CO. must vacate the White House…
…BEFORE Jan. ‘09…
…America can’t stand much more of Bushiva, L’il Dick and their criminal cabal…
…and make NO MISTAKE Alfred…
…I’m as serious as terminal cancer…
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:15 pmO.K., big papa, you are serious. I expect Bush to stay in office for his full two terms.
P.S. Mr.BushGoesToHell — I suspect that there were separation of power concerns for a sitting President and Vice President to testify under oath like that, but I don’t know for sure. What’s your conspiracy theory?
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:43 pmconspiracy = more than one person
theory = idea
There is a conspiracy theory that we don’t float away because of gravity.
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:50 pmre# 64
jalfrelizibedan,
clinton and reagan both have given sworn testimony and it wasn’t an issue when they did it, why now?
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:25 pmComment by Alfred #64
…you “expect”?
…or you “hope”?
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:40 pmP.S. Mr.BushGoesToHell — I suspect that there were separation of power concerns for a sitting President and Vice President to testify under oath like that, but I don’t know for sure. What’s your conspiracy theory?
No conspiracy theory. Just very TELLING that the
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT wouldn’t be GLAD to TELL THE TRUTH, and UNDER OATH, and ON THE RECORD.
The fact that they REFUSED to do so shows their TRUE COLORS—
TRAITORS TO THE USA…
In YOUR opinion, WHAT “separation of powers” would be NECESSARY for them to TELL THE USA AND THE WORLD ABOUT 9/11?
YOU asked for MY “conspiracy theory”, of which I have NONE.
What is YOUR right-wing NUTJOB explanation to your “separation of powers” statement.
FAIR AND BALANCED, you know.
LOL!!
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:14 pmIs “interviewing” under oath?
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:47 pmI suspect that there were separation of power concerns for a sitting President and Vice President to testify under oath like that
What??? What does testifying under oath have to do with separation of powers? Do you even know what “separation of powers” means?
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:11 pm#70 In Bizarro right wing world separation of powers means Bush/Cheney get to do whatever the hell they want.
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:16 pmAlfred/Jake/Dan, you’ve named one prosecutor each from Clinton and Carter…neither one was investigating anything which led DIRECTLY back to the whitehouse…… so we have 8 prosecutors fired in an attempt to obstruct justice, including an investigation which could lead right back to bumbya, and you’re comparing that to 2 total prosectuors fired by the last 2 dems presidents.. looks like bush is trying to outdo thier numbers there..and honestly, if what Clinton did was such a terrible example of firing a prosecutor for political reasons.
all you can repeat is “Clinton/Carter did X once therefore its ok if bush did X ten times, about matters of much more import”. its like saying someone who stabbed 10 peopel to death is the moral equivalent of someone who stabbed one person in the arm once and didnt hurt them seriously..
and can you danjakefred, please explain to me why these guys are fighting tooth and nail to avoid explaining why they fired these guys, if they did nothing wrong..??
April 24th, 2007 at 5:24 amWhy “behind closed doors”? Why not in public under oath? Why are the Democrats allowing this to happen. They have subpoena power and yet they haven’t used it once. They have threatened to use it but I don’t think they have subpoenaed one person. Get a backbone Democrats. Subpoena now. And if they refuse to testify, throw their asses in jail like Ken Starr threw Sharon McDugal in jail. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. The difference is that the Republics had the guts and it doesn’t look like the Democrats do.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:18 amI wonder why the closed-door meeting?
April 24th, 2007 at 6:01 pm