Leahy reacts to Goodling.
Leahy reacts to Goodling.
Monica Goodling’s testimony today suggests that the attorney purge arose from a group of select White House advisers. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is out with a new statement echoing this line. “What we have heard today seems to reinforce the mounting evidence that the White House was pulling the strings on this project to target certain prosecutors in different parts of the country.”
Read the full statement:
Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.,
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee,
On Testimony Of Former DOJ White House Liaison Monica Goodling Before The House Judiciary Committee
May 23, 2007“It is curious that yet another senior Justice Department official claims to have limited involvement in compiling the list that led to the firings of several well-performing federal prosecutors. What we have heard today seems to reinforce the mounting evidence that the White House was pulling the strings on this project to target certain prosecutors in different parts of the country.
“It is deeply troubling that the crisis of leadership at the Department allowed the White House to wield undue political influence over key law enforcement decisions and policies. It is unacceptable that a senior Justice Department official was allowed to screen career employees for political loyalty, and it confirms our worst fears about the unprecedented and improper reach of politics into the Department’s professional ranks.
“As Congress continues its oversight to pull back the curtain on the politicization of the Justice Department, it is abundantly clear that we must do all we can to get to the truth behind this matter and the role White House played in it.”
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Good ole Leaky knows a scandal when he creates one.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:07 pmNow WHAT?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:07 pmDamned straight! You've got the docs, you've got the testimony. Now quit d!cking around and subpoena him! You know he's the puppetmaster behind all of this! DO SOMETHING!
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:09 pmSo the hirings were political,....
Oh but not the firings,...
:)
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:10 pmNow WHAT?
More of the same; nothing. Welcome to your new world.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:11 pmGet busy, Congress.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm“As Congress continues its oversight to pull back the curtain on the politicization of the Justice Department, it is abundantly clear that we must DO ALL WE CAN DO to get to the truth behind this matter and the role White House played in it.â€
Subpoenas anyone????
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:13 pmWTF?
From Goodlings testimony today:
How do you square her own testimony with itself?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:13 pmThose are two contradictory statements.
Inch by inch, step by step...
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:14 pmComment by Patrick1 — May 23, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
Leahy isn't the one on trial here, Patty. Do try to keep up...
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:15 pm#1 Did Goodling perjury herself when she said what I quote above at #8?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:16 pmand we are SO-O-O-O-OOO surprised...
And, yes, I DO take it personally
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:18 pmIn her testimony today before the House Judiciary Committee, former DOJ White House liaison Monica Goodling joined Alberto Gonzales, Kyle Sampson and Paul McNulty in disclaiming any role in the creation of the infamous list of U.S. attorneys to be fired. It should comes as no surprise that the graduate of Regent University law school would have us believe the list so central to the prosecutors purge appeared magically, untouched by the hands of man. Call it Immaculate Conception.
For the details, see:
"Monica Goodling's Immaculate Conception."
For the latest news, document dumps, email archives, hearing transcripts and other essential materials in the firings of U.S. attorneys, see:
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:18 pm"The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents."
We can only hope.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:19 pmSo.. Do you like the taste of dictatorship? Get used to it because we are setting one up and there is nothing you can do about it. My suggestion is to act like you are a Republican or you might find yourself in one of our camps. You do know understand that we made them knowing that they will need to be used, right? So get with the program or find yourself eating beans and rice behind a fenced in area.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:20 pmThere is no one on trial here. This is a show trial.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:21 pmDid Goodling perjury herself when she said what I quote above at #8?
Comment by lestatdelc
I'm sure she didn't mean to....
Heh.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:22 pmKeep peeling the onion.
All roads lead to the traitors to our Constitution: rove, bush and cheney!
Meanwhile, that bitch Good for Nothing Goodling is a liar. BIG TIME!
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:22 pm#11 - i think the term is "perjure" either way, those republican bastards in d.c. just reek of it. all of this illegality and immorality from this schmuck who was supposed to bring 'honor' back to washington. itmfa (but impeach cheney first)...
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:23 pmhey patrick, i think you're the only one on trial here. where's jake?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:25 pmpatrick1, is your head THAT far up your own arse??? geez, that talking point is SOOOOOOOOO last week. It's now called "political theater", NOT a 'show trial'... oy....get with the program, or I will put in an application to have your troll card revoked...
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:25 pmSo beyond going after the people who were doing this, how do we get the DOJ back to being a non-partisan organization of government?
How many "career" attorneys are going to be pushing the Bush agenda until they quit, or die?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:27 pmI would really call it the result of an ideology that died in 1972.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:28 pmActually, Gonzales is on trial here . . . and he is guilty as a kid with his hand in the cookie jar. Buh-bye, Gonzo! LOL.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:31 pmThere is no one on trial here. This is a show trial.
Comment by Patrick1
Yep. It's a show trial all right. The trial will SHOW just how corrupt the Bush Administration is. You finally got one right, Patty. Way to go!!!
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:31 pmPoor little Patsy1 is gonna get a visit from the Cpt if his posts don't start improving. The Cpt's bubble wrap will enshroud him from head to toe.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:31 pmYo, Patsy1, if you see the Cpt's bug eyed goggles in your monitor's reflection, your already gone.
#23 you mean the ideology of appeasing the nazis?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_Bush
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:32 pmHow dare congress try to stop the Empire. It's time we rid the country of congress. The people don't need representation anyway. They should just follow orders. Get in line people because it's time for the Empire to gel to fruitation.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:34 pmPatrick, I think you are a certifiable pussy for avoiding the thread about Goodling having admitted under oath to breaking the law.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:38 pmLet's try this in the "patrick1 two sentence" style:
Bush is the decider. Goodling is only the tool.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:40 pmOff topic,
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:40 pmSo I go into a gas station and ask for $5 worth of gas...
the clerk farted & took my money.
Anyone who thinks they need a constitution to be protected is insane. Like our beloved leader said, "It's just a goddam piece of paper!". People need to do as they are told and not question authority. The President will protect you. Trust in our President! You are either for us or against us.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:40 pmPatrick1 continues toting the line of Mr. 30%. I just hope that our congress gets with the program and shuts Mr. 30% down and keeps him shut down. If not, well, I hear Vancouver is a great place for game developers...
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:41 pm#29. Of course, I would agree with that statement in principle, but where does one go for that sort of certification?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:41 pmYou libs will never get to pin it on anyone in THIS administration. Don't you understand that we are above such petty things as laws?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:42 pmIf any of you have seen the series Babylon 5, you will see similarities of the season three Earth force dictatorship and our current leadership. In the Series, President Clark has his brown shirts (called Night Watch) eventually take over the leadership of colonies and planets. And all current leaders to be arrested and tried for treason. It is very eerie how much it projects real life. And season 3 was made in 1996. Their crystal ball is uncanny
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:44 pmI would really call it the result of an ideology that died in 1972.
Comment by Patrick1 — May 23, 2007 @ 3:28 pm
You mean when Canada beat Russia in the Hockey Summit Series?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:45 pm#34
Go behind the Bush, squat down, and pull one out of the orifice.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:46 pmSo I go into a gas station and ask for $5 worth of gas…
the clerk farted & took my money.
Comment by Zimzone
No respect....
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:47 pmWould somebody please euthanize that mongoose?
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:57 pmYou libs will never get to pin it on anyone in THIS administration. Don’t you understand that we are above such petty things as laws?
Comment by Patrick1 — May 23, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
Maybe...
But GOD sees what you do:
How you LIE, STEAL and MURDER people for you own gain (OIL, etc.).
And you do it in the name of the Almighty God (DOLLAR to YOU).
God will NOT forget the SLAUGHTER of his children, and SUBHUMAN animals like YOU, Bush, Cheney, Gonzo, Rummy are GOING DOWN.
This time, to ETERNAL DAMNATION.
Not down on "Jeff Gannon" and Ken Mehlman.
See YOU in hell patprick1 (cause I'LL be THERE),
Mr. Bush
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 pmMURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL
COWARDLY TRAITOR TO THE USA (TM--BushCrimeCo, Inc.)
but where does one go for that sort of certification?
Comment by Oversight is a Bitch. — May 23, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
Right here. From me.
May 23rd, 2007 at 4:00 pmMonica impressed me. I believe that her innocence is genuine and she actually thinks Al Gonzales is a "nice man." I even believe her story about being frightened when Gonzales tried to "refresh" her memory so that they would all be telling the same story to congress.
Given that Monica broke the Hatch Act repeatedly as a condition of working with the nice ma, she is lucky to have been granted immunity from prosecution.
May 23rd, 2007 at 4:02 pm#43 Looks like Goodling's spokesperson has arrived.
May 23rd, 2007 at 4:12 pmdo you suppose some republicans would welcome impeachment proceedings rather than go down this path? This may be leading to something huge regarding the maffia republican party.
May 23rd, 2007 at 4:13 pmHow do you square her own testimony with itself?
Those are two contradictory statements.
Comment by lestatdelc — May 23, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
I think she said she didn't discuss this with the WH. She did discuss it in the DoJ.
May 23rd, 2007 at 4:14 pmI know I know! I figured out her roll. She was the AG's cigar holder and ironically her name is Monica too. What does everyone think about that theory?
May 23rd, 2007 at 4:18 pmWhat next?
Continued stonewalling until the end of the administration and then massive pardons! You betchum, Red Ryder!
May 23rd, 2007 at 4:36 pmGee, I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that Patrick1 ignored my question to "him" about Goodling perjuring herself within her own testimony in the span of 30 seconds.
May 23rd, 2007 at 6:07 pmJust wait until Conners introduces over 500 emails mistakenly addressed to gop.com that prove they all committed a Federal crime!
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:59 pm#50
I know, eh? When will this story get legs?
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4594
May 24th, 2007 at 3:15 pm"I believe I crossed the lines. But I didn't mean to."
Didn't mean to? What the hell did she mean to do, if it wasn't commit the acts that violated the law. That's all that is required - you don't have to "intend" to violate the law!
Who gave her the job, what were her duties - exactly - and who trained her? She didn't just develop these protocols by accident, for God's sake. This explains the demand for immunity.
Her testimony is ridiculous - why did she think they wanted law school grads in these positions if it was not to have someone who knew where the lines were and knew to avoid them.
Didn't mean to, indeed.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:53 pmShe "didn't mean to".... duh, she is supposed to be a lawyer, and she doesn't even know when she is breaking the laws in her own department.... Yea right!
May 25th, 2007 at 6:45 am