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Breaking: Schumer calls for firing of Bush's A.G. [VIDEO]
The latest in the politically-motivated firings of federal prosecutors has Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer and Diane Feinstein (video, right) calling for the firing of Bush's Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for his role in the emerging scandal:
"We now have direct evidence that Attorney General Gonzales was carrying out the political wishes of the president," Schumer noted, adding later that complaints from New Mexico Republicans that prosecutors weren't indicting Democrats quickly enough "were passed on to Karl Rove and to the president himself. The president weighed in with Attorney General Gonzales and within weeks, that U.S. Attorney, David Iglesias, was fired."Schumer's comments refer, in part, to this memo from Gonzales' office to the White House's Counsel, Harriet Miers, listing the prosecutors "We Now Should Consider Pushing Out." All of whom were eventually fired.
Tagged as: scandal, bush, gonsales, prosecutors
Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.
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