Posted on 03/27/2007 11:31:47 AM PDT by presidio9
Edited on 03/27/2007 11:40:40 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Monica Goodling, the Department of Justice official who said Monday that she'll invoke the Fifth Amendment rather than talk to lawmakers, is a frequent figure in department e-mails released so far as part of the congressional investigation into the firings and hirings of U.S. attorneys.
Goodling, 33, is a 1995 graduate Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., an institution that describes itself as "committed to embracing an evangelical spirit."
She received her law degree at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. Regent, founded by Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson, says its mission is "to produce Christian leaders who will make a difference, who will change the world."
E-mails show that Goodling was involved in planning the dismissals and in later efforts to limit the negative reaction. As the Justice Department's liaison to the White House, she could shed light on the extent of White House involvement in the dismissals.
Goodling took a leading role in making sure that Tim Griffin, a protege of presidential adviser Karl Rove, replaced H.E. "Bud" Cummins as the U.S. attorney in Arkansas. Documents released to Congress include communications between Goodling and Scott Jennings, Rove's deputy.
In an Aug. 18, 2006, e-mail to Kyle Sampson, then Gonzales' chief of staff, Goodling warned of potential political problems with Griffin's appointment and underscored White House interest in getting it done.
"We have a senator prob, so while wh is intent on nominating, scott thinks we may have a confirmation issue," Goodling wrote.
At Jennings' request, documents show, Goodling agreed to meet last summer with two Republican activists from New Mexico who felt that U.S. Attorney David Iglesias wasn't doing enough to pursue allegations of voter fraud by Democrats. Iglesias believes
Can the GOP chain two good moves together? Two is the start of a streak, you know.
An intelligent woman with a backbone. Maybe someone can finally show the White House how to deal with these fishing exhibitions by the whacko Dems in Congress.
Stick to you Guns Monica, and Stand by the Fifth Amendment!
Get up on your hind legs, Monica...
It doesn't take much effort to realize that a Monica in the Bush administration is about 4,000 steps up the ladder of class/integrity than a Monica in the Clinton administration.
A college "committed to embracing an evangelical spirit."
STRING HER UP!!!
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She is just afraid of being Scootered. All folk called before that committee should claim the 5th unless granted full immunity. To do otherwise is to risk perjury traps and political crimes.
Don't let yourself be Scootered.
Good for her. Scooter Libby shoulda done the same when the feds started that witch hunt. Indeed, it's good advice anytime the cops start snooping around you. Clam up and demand a lawyer because many times it's not about truth and justice, it's about taking a scalp, any scalp, your scalp, for a trophy.
Wrong. Libby had defense lawyer Theodore Wells, widely considered the best courtroom attorney alive today. The legal team was headed up by Fred Thompson. The problem was not the advice he was getting, the problem was the jury. In a politically sensational trial the conservative side is going to loose 99% of the time with a DC jury pool. These same people elected Walter Mondale president, remember.
For a moment, I thought it was saying "Who is Monica Googling" and strangely I wanted to know.
Most immunity deals have a provision there is immunity for any TRUTHFUL testimony - given the witch hunt on Capitol Hill, the 5th is her best route, I think.
Goodling sounds like a verb to me, and the title of the thread made me chuckle.
Then I'm not sure what your point is. What should have they done?
from Slate.com:
Goodling, a 33-year-old graduate of Pat Robertson's Regent University School of Law, could say something to Congress that's at odds with what McNulty or other DoJ-ers will say and thus expose herself to future charges if a future court doesn't believe her version. This is spin. You can't take the Fifth because of some hypothetical future risk of perjury or obstruction of justice or making false statements to Congress or the crime of concealing information from Congress "by any trick, scheme or device."
The rest of the article is at:
http://www.slate.com/id/2162774/
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