Major development at Dept. of Justice: Gonzales is under investigation for trying to influence Goodling's testimony
Just about the same time we learned Scooter Libby was going to jail, this article appeared on the website of the Washington Post:
The Justice Department is investigating whether Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales sought to influence the testimony of a departing senior aide during a March meeting in Gonzales's office, according to correspondence released today.
In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the two officials who are leading an internal Justice Department investigation of the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys last year said their inquiry includes the Gonzales meeting, which was revealed during testimony last month from former Gonzales aide Monica M. Goodling.
"This is to confirm that the scope of our investigation does include this matter," wrote Glenn A. Fine, the inspector general, and H. Marshall Jarrett, counsel of the Office of Professional Responsibility.
The disclosure could represent a serious legal threat to the embattled attorney general. Fine's office is empowered to refer matters for criminal prosecution if warranted.
no question
It is a deliberate strategy, master-minded by Fred Fielding, WH counsel, overseen by the President and implemented by the GOP. In effect, it is a giant conspiracy to obstruct justice and should be dealt with as such. If this is done, it will mean scores of persons indicted, and it will benefit this nation as nothing else can.
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GOP, AG Appear Unfazed by Justice System
Indictments serve not only to punish, but as a warning to others contemplating illegal activity, yet I'm not getting the warm feeling, in the wake of the Libby pardon discussions, that DoJ or the GOP is letting the full weight of the law sink in. There's the perception that the President will pardon; the US Atty investigation will take too long as we saw with Plame; and that with enough lying and obfuscation the GOP can avoid accountability. It appears the GOP and AG and WH think they can outlast the Justice System.