When Gonzales was still White House counsel. Where did ABC get the unreleased e-mails? I think I have a guess:
A number of readers have pointed out that Karl Rove’s deputy at the White House, Scott Jennings, used an outside domain, gwb43.com, for his emails. The domain, it turns out, is owned by the Republican National Committee.
Now Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has sent a letter to House government reform committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) requesting an investigation of whether the White House has been violating the Presidential Records Act — in an attempt to keep certain correspondence away from prying eyes.
Jennings use of the RNC’s email “raises serious questions about whether the White House was trying to deliberately evade its responsibilities under the PRA, which directs the president to take all necessary steps to maintain presidential records to provide a full accounting of all activities during his tenure,” says CREW.
It’s one thing to claim the President can fire whoever he wants; it’s another thing for there to be a plot for years to fire US Attorneys for purely political reasons, then lie about it on the record over and over again, even after you are caught. Gonzales even lied in his press conference just 48 hours ago.
The e-mails also show that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales discussed the idea of firing the attorneys en masse weeks before he was confirmed as attorney general.
The e-mails directly contradict White House assertions that the notion originated with recently departed White House counsel Harriet Miers, and was her idea alone.
He lied at his confirmation hearings; he lied this January at the first hearing about the US Attorney purge. He lied in his press conference. Rove lied, Dan Bartlett lied about the role of Rove and Miers. How much did Bush lie in his bizarre press statement in Mexico?
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