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Posts Tagged ‘us attorneys’

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

We don’t really have any comment on the Federal Prosecutor guy charged with actually trying to fuck a five-year-old girl. Said the assistant U.S. attorney from Florida: “I’ve done it plenty.” [Above The Law]


Gonzales’ Whiny Speech to DoJ Employees

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

justice2.jpgAs Attorney General Gonzales faces increasingly shrill cries for his resignation, and now threats of impeachment, perhaps we ought to take a minute to hear from the man himself. A week and a half ago, he addressed Department of Justice employees via “J TV,” DoJ’s internal tv station, to assure them that he will never, ever, ever leave them, and that he’s fuckin’ innocent. A Justice Employee sent us the speech this weekend, and it’s an entertaining little document of self-delusion.

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(There’s Gonna Be a) Constitutional Showdown!

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

I've got ten notches on my shoes - WonketteThe White House said today it would not comply with congressional subpoenas for documents and testimony relating to the firings of federal prosecutors last year, setting up a potential constitutional confrontation over its claim of executive privilege.

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Monica Goodling Brings Down the House

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

And what did we learn from Monica Goodling’s testimony before Congress today? MORE »


Senate Soooo Mad at Gonzo

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

tortoise.jpgWe tried to get a screencap of Schumer or Feinstein talking about Gonzales from CNN’s Pipeline thing but by the time we got it loaded up they’d finished. So here is a turtle fighting a cat. MORE »


Another Guy Who Isn’t Gonzo Quit

Monday, May 14th, 2007

That pixelly guy in the middle, he quit. - WonketteA deputy Attorney General announced he’s stepping down today, as Alberto Gonzales continued to sit in his office all day cackling and lighting cigars with letters of resignation. MORE »


Gonzo Rides Again

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Alberto Gonzales went before congress again today to say pretty much the exact same things he said before, but this time about the ninth/first fired attorney general. Gonzales continues to do a bang-up job of demonstrating the administration’s contempt for congress in general, so expect him to hang on to his job for another year. MORE »


Perino: Our Only Crime Is Being Too Ethical

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

The White House deleted a couple million emails that may or may not be related to their mysterious firing of a buncha federal prosecutors. The emails — and here’s the tricky bit — were sent from private RNC-sponsored non-government accounts, which is kinda-sorta illegal. But hey, sometimes you accidentally subvert the Democratic process when you’re trying oh-so-hard to follow the law as you purposefully misunderstand it. MORE »


Gonzo Forcing US Attorneys to Make Coffee, Pick Up his Laundry

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

According to the Post, Al Gonzales — who fired approximately 400 united states attorneys for not suppressing black voters with enough gusto — wasn’t too careful with the ones he didn’t fire either. Six of them spent a great deal of their time in Washington, doing odd jobs around the Gonzales house, making copies at the Justice Department, and generally not prosecutin’ back home in the districts they’re supposed to be in charge of. MORE »


Daily Briefing: Springtime For Mittler

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

* Easter holiday for President Bush and Congress begins with volley of zingers over Iraq war funding bill. [WP, NYT]
* Mitt Romney’s cult is just naturally good at raising money, knocking on doors in short sleeved dress shirts. [WP, WP, NYT]
* McCain’s merry band of psychos, not so much. [NYT]
* FCC: yes, it still blows. [WP]
* Gonzales aide Monica Goodling refuses to answer the question of what questions she refuses to answer. [WP, NYT]
* Loud-mouth truck-stop managers really love readin’ bout politiks on the internets. [WSJ]