This is the final straw, surely. We now know he directly lied about his involvement in the firings of the eight U.S. attorneys. A month ago he said this:
"So far as I knew, my chief of staff was involved in the process of determining who were the weak performers,’ he said. "Where were the districts around the country where we could do better for the people in that district, and that’s what I knew… That is in essence what I knew about the process; was not involved in seeing any memos, was not involved in any discussions about what was going on," he said. "That’s basically what I knew as the attorney general." …
"Many decisions are delegated," he said. "We have people who were confirmed by the Senate who, by statute, have been delegated authority to make decisions." Mr. Gonzales then repeated: "I never saw documents. We never had a discussion about where things stood."
Yesterday we found out that
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and senior advisers discussed the plan to remove seven United States attorneys at a meeting last Nov. 27, 10 days before the dismissals were carried out, according to a Justice Department calendar entry disclosed Friday.
Of course the relevant emails came out after a suitable delay, to keep the press at bay. No one can have any confidence any more that the AG isn’t a liar. He has lied to Senators; he has lied to the press. He’s got to go.
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