It will be interesting to see the reaction to this by the administration.
It will be depressing. The Bush administration will do nothing to encourage this story to come to light and credibility. The Commission is denying it, the media is discounting it---and for sure somebody is digging frantically into Curt Weldon's grammar school records, just in case.
Yes, it will.............
Bush chastises Ashcroft in private statements at the White House
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Ashcroft, Justice rebuked
In opening remarks before commissioners began their inquiry, Bush told commission members he was disappointed with the Justice Department and its treatment of Jamie Gorelick, a commission member and a former Justice Department official.
NBC's David Gregory reported that Bush specifically criticized Attorney General John Ashcroft in connection with Gorelick's treatment. The president told commissioners he did not approve of the “fingerpointing.”