The U.S. Attorney Scandal Hits The White House
The Department of Justice Under Fire, was a post I did just over a week ago. Today, the scope of the U.S. Attorney scandal, has been extended to include The White House.
From The Huffington Post…
The Justice Department investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys has been extended to encompass allegations that senior White House officials played a role in providing false and misleading information to Congress, according to numerous sources involved in the inquiry.
The widened scope raises the possibility that investigators will pursue criminal charges against some administration officials, and recommend appointment of a special prosecutor if there is evidence of criminal misconduct.
From Daily Kos…
There is a new wrinkle in the ongoing investigation of the DOJ is that the Justice Department probe (joint Inspector General & Office of Professional Responsibility) that has now fingered at least one White House operative, with a trail that leads clearly to Alberto Gonzales, Karl Rove and perhaps others. Are criminal penalties in the offing?
This is distinct from yesterday’s story about politicizing the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ, as diaried here. A third element of the investigation is the prejudicial hiring of career DOJ appointees based on political affiliation or leanings, which was announced a few days ago.
From The Swamp – McCain Aide: DOJ Scandal is Nonsense…
Steve Schmidt, the new man in day-to-day charge of the McCain presidential campaign, stoutly defended his lobbying and PR firm’s hiring of Tim Griffin, a former prosecutor who figured in the U.S. attorneys firing scandal.
Griffin, a protégé of Karl Rove, went to work for Mercury Public Affairs after quitting as interim U.S. attorney in Little Rock, Ark. in June 2007 when it was disclosed that his predecessor, Bud Cummins, had been fired to create an opening for Griffin.
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