First Thing We Do, Let's Fire All The Lawyers

Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 03/13/2007 - 2:31pm.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has admitted that the Department of Justice gave false information to Congress about the firings of eight US Attorneys, many involved in public corruption investigations. Emails have emerged showing extensive conversations between the White House and the Justice Department over who was let go. Turns out, White House Council Harriet Miers wanted to fire every single US Attorney - 93 in all - in 2004.

Emails between Miers and Department of Justice Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson (who just resigned) reveal a two-year negotiation to "push out" US Attorneys who they felt "chafed against Administration initiatives." Several of the dismissed attorneys have said they felt pressured by Republicans to pursue a number of voter fraud investigations involving Democrats. Others, like Carol Lam who put former Rep. Duke Cunningham behind bars, were involved in corruption investigations involving Republican lawmakers.

So, asks TPM Muckraker, if the DOJ wasn't telling the truth about contact with the White House, what else might they have been less than truthful about?

U.S. Attorneys serve a valuable role in holding our elected officials accountable for corrupt activities -- they shouldn't be used as political pawns to serve a partisan agenda. It's time for the truth, and nothing but the truth, about why they were let go.

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Firing of attorneys and separation of powers

In our government the separation of powers is critical and basic to our system of government and to our freedoms. In no case whatsoever can one branch of our government have veto-like power over another or our government will cease to function. The White House and the resident mob there is seeking to control the judicial and this cannot be permitted. The only real action that should be taken is impeachment. How much of this malfeasance can this administration continue to get away with before Congress takes action?

Submitted by Dana Ridgley (not verified) on Thu, 03/15/2007 - 5:29pm.

Continue to tell the truth

Continue to tell the truth of all that is going in the DC big house and let the general public know. The problem is that the Media is not telling the public the truth and they cannot do so because they are controled by the powers that be in the White House and in both houses of the congress. We nust vote these people out of office and start from scartch and clean up the mess the with a new broom.

SAVE THE CONSTITUTION and STOP THE NEW WORLD ORDER MOVE, and GOD BLESS THE REPUBLIC.

John V. Palmer

Submitted by John V. Palmer (not verified) on Thu, 03/15/2007 - 11:29am.

The illegal firing of the Attorneys General

This administration is trying to make immorality legal by what they try to legislate. Their immorality is leading up to a government that will be tyrannical instead of democratic. IT MUST BE STOPPED----NOW. Our illustrious Attorney General appears to me nothing more than a "YES" man for his buddy, our currently immoral president with an impossible ego to feed and who, like the Caesars of old who lead their civilization to demise, will lead our democracy to oblivion.

Yours truly,

William I. Fingerett
Delray Beach, Florida

Submitted by William I. Fingerett (not verified) on Thu, 03/15/2007 - 10:02am.