Lest anyone out there thinks that nothing is wrong with the Department of Justice take a look at Senator Leahy’s latest letter to Gonzales: The TPM DOCUMENT COLLECTION – Letter from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about Upcoming Testimony For those following the scandal so far, you will recall that only […]

I can’t stop laughing: one of the more prominent US Attorneys fired during the “purge” now being investigated by Congress was David Inglesias in New Mexico. The truth seems to be that he was kicked out because Senator Domenici and Congresswoman Wilson, both Republicans, complained that he was not doing enough to prosecute Wilson’s Democratic […]

This is so much fun. Monica Goodling, who is at the center of the Senate’s investigation of the US Attorney purge publicly stated [through her own lawyer] that she would invoke the 5th amendment if asked questions by the Judiciary Committee. The speculation has been rife ever since about what it is she would prefer […]