Fired U.S. Attorney Builds Case Against Former Attorney General

Posted by D. Cupples  |  Former U.S. Attorney John McKay, a Republican appointed by President George W. Bush, has been busy since his apparently politically motivated firing, reviewing evidence about improper and potentially criminal acts committed by Justice Departmnet staff and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales.  Truthout reported:

"John McKay, the former US attorney for the Western District of Washington, pieced together  thousands of pages of internal Justice Department (DOJ) emails released earlier this year, reviewed public documents and pored through hundreds of pages of sworn testimony his former boss, Alberto Gonzales, gave to Congress about the firings of at least nine US attorneys last year.

"McKay said evidence in the public record demonstrates the former attorney general and his underlings may well have obstructed justice....

"McKay was one of the nine US attorneys fired in December 2006 for reasons that appear to be politically motivated. The DOJ's inspector general, Glenn Fine, is conducting an investigation to determine whether Gonzales perjured himself before Congress or sought to influence the testimony of Monica Goodling, the DOJ's former White House liaison who used a political litmus test to hire and fire attorneys, and resigned in disgrace earlier this year." (Truthout)

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