Posted on 08/12/2009 4:38:32 AM PDT by Abathar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The administration of President George W. Bush was deeply involved in the improper firings of federal prosecutors, the head of House Judiciary Committee charged on Tuesday in releasing a crush of documents.
Democratic Chairman John Conyers said the materials -- more than 700 pages of transcripts of its interviews with former top Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers and 5,400 pages of e-mails by the Bush White House -- also showed the administration sought to hide its role from the public.
The office of Bush, a Republican, had no comment on the development.
Conyers made the findings available to Assistant U.S. Attorney Nora Dannehy, who has been investigating whether criminal charges should be filed in the firing of the nine prosecutors in 2006.
The Bush White House has denied wrongdoing. It noted U.S. attorneys are appointed by presidents, serve at the pleasure of presidents and can be replaced at any time.
But Democrats charged that they were improperly dismissed for political reasons and as part of "a politicalization" of Bush's Justice Department.
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Any word on the 90+ wholesale firings from the same department for purely political reasons that Slick Willy dictated?
No? Thought not.
How about “Criminal Black Racist Communist Seeks Publicity!”
I am sure the unemployed in this country will be impressed with the efforts of this elected representative.
Sure hope the Pubs on that committee are watching Obama like one eyed cat watching a gopher hole.
Or the Travel Office?
Conyers couldn’t be bothered with reading the health care bill, but, by gosh, he was all over that 700 pages of transcripts like stink on ****.
This is like saying that I helped and was ‘deeply’ involved in Klintons’ fireing of ALL U.S. Attys. right after he was elected. He did it without my help.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009784
The Hubbell Standard
Hillary Clinton knows all about sacking U.S. Attorneys.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:01 A.M. EDT
Congressional Democrats are in full cry over the news this week that the Administration’s decision to fire eight U.S. Attorneys originated from—gasp—the White House. Senator Hillary Clinton joined the fun yesterday, blaming President Bush for “the politicization of our prosecutorial system.” Oh, my.
As it happens, Mrs. Clinton is just the Senator to walk point on this issue of dismissing U.S. attorneys because she has direct personal experience. In any Congressional probe of the matter, we’d suggest she call herself as the first witness—and bring along Webster Hubbell as her chief counsel.
As everyone once knew but has tried to forget, Mr. Hubbell was a former partner of Mrs. Clinton at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock who later went to jail for mail fraud and tax evasion. He was also Bill and Hillary Clinton’s choice as Associate Attorney General in the Justice Department when Janet Reno, his nominal superior, simultaneously fired all 93 U.S. Attorneys in March 1993. Ms. Reno—or Mr. Hubbell—gave them 10 days to move out of their offices.
I am surprised this came out of Conyers office, considering just a couple of days ago his wife was the target of a new investigation by the Michigan State Police started by the Detroit City Council.
She is being questioned for the disappearance of tens of thousands of dollars worth of electronics from her office after she was fired and plead guilty to taking kickbacks.
I kind of figured that they would want to keep the name Conyers out of the media light for a while.
They should talk about improper!
We do not take crap from Democrats. We will defend ourselves.
We do not take crap from Democrats. We will defend ourselves.
Hey,Conyers,I heard conjugal sex is hot!
Democrats: Our corruption don’t count
You got that right!
How about releasing all the papers in the ford buildind about the dozen or so women klinton raped?
Maybe Zer0’s real BC is in the pile?
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