CNN: Monica Goodling is quitting Alberto Gonzales' Justice Dept

[KeepItReal]

Source: CNN

Breaking news....

She is resigning tomorrow.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/06/fired.attorneys/

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Happy Friday News Dump

[sabra]

1. but she didn't do anything wrong? I am confused...

:sarcasm:

[KeepItReal]

2. Guess she found out she doesn't get free DOJ lawyers for her defense?

<eom>

[kestrel91316]

77. Now she can get free lawyers from Focus on the Family or some such.

I'm sure they'll be very supportive of her efforts to protect Bush.

[SharonRB]

3. This should be interesting

:popcorn:

[Riverman]

4. Brazel and Bennett - Let's trot out the losers through the next

election cycle. I hate seeing Donna Brazel - who is next Susan Estridge (sp?) They keep re-cycling these losers - I can't stand it!

[blm]

13. The corpmedia chose their Dem spokespeople long ago, and established them as

celebrities and every Democratic viewer should be grateful for every crumb they throw at us.

It just so happens that all of them are schooled in protecting the establishment powerstructure.... just a coincidence...really.

[Cha]

37. We need a brand spanking

new concept in tv news..a station that only reports the truth-good or bad.

No mediawhores allowed..that would mean brazile and estridge would be not be on that station, you bet.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. She is quitting for one or two reasons:

1. She has been told she is a liability and must go.

Or

2. She has decided that taking the 5th is just not going to be accepted in such broad brush strokes, as envisioned by her lawyer, and she has to dump her guts to stay out of jail.

[babylonsister]

9. I'll take #2, Alex. Thank you. nt

[rodeodance]

18. will she be exempt from questioning now (like the Page scandle?)--I already

forgot the FL congress person name.

[havocmom]

22. Mark Foley

Just out of re-hab I hear. Lock up you sons and daughters.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

26. Fat F***ing Chance. To put it in legal/technical terms.

She has material knowledge of persons, practices and events. If she thinks this will obviate her having to testify, she really needs new legal council.

Look at it this way: You were somewhere where a big drug deal went down, and it is likely you were involved. The prosecutor wants your testimony. But you moved away. You tell the prosecutor "No way! I don't live there anymore!".

Will this wash with the prosecutor?

Perhaps. Right after you fly to the moon by flapping your arms.

[struggle4progress]

65. Despite resignation, Conyers still wants Goodling to testify (The Hill)

By Susan Crabtree
April 06, 2007

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) continued to press for the testimony of a top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales after she abruptly resigned Friday. ~snip~

“Chairman Conyers remains committed to questioning Monica Goodling, especially with this new development,” a Conyers’ spokesperson said in a written statement issued Friday evening. “Her involvement and general knowledge of what happened makes her a valuable piece to this puzzle." ~snip~

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/despite-resignation-conyers-still-wants-goodling-to-testify-2007-04-06.html

[truthisfreedom]

67. "A valuable piece to this puzzle." I LOVE IT!

I hope they force her to testify anyway.

[KansDem]

28. Don't forget Reason No. 3--"Spend more time with her family" (n/t)

[Elidor]

32. By quitting, she becomes eligible for a Scooter Libby-style "defense fund"

Funded by the usual suspects.

[Toots]

73. Justice Dept takes the Fifth

That is such sad state of affairs even the most rabid right wingers can't get around that one. Justice Dept is afraid if they talk they will be admitting to a crime.... JUSTICE DEPT..for Christ's sake. There is absolutely no defense for Justice to take the Fifth NONE and they realize it so she must become a "civilian" if she insiust upon doing so..

[orwell]

6. Is she getting a Golden Parachute...

...or Platinum leg irons...

[19jet54]

7. Quit vs Fired

... "isn't a police officer who takes the 5th, administratively removed?" - Question by Senate Judiciary member

[Toots]

74. That is what Justice Dept is. Head of police, they are the police

and police does not take the fifth. Even the most rabid right winger realizes this and that is why she had to go.

[BadGimp]

8. the Friday news dump?

wanna bet there is more to ecome?

[gratuitous]

12. Ya think?

I see a headline like this in LBN, and it's better than any clock in the world. Potentially embarrassing Executive branch employee announcing that she or he is leaving to spend more time with the fam? Why, it must be Friday afternoon!

[Supersedeas]

78. it has become laughable

[Tom Joad]

10. 7 days till Gonzo resigns...

or at least that was my prediction.... My guess was
Friday the 13th, 1:13pm . or in military time: 13:13

What's your guess?

http://www.truemajority.org/gonzales/

[Dinger]

24. I Like The Way You Think Tom

:patriot: :applause:

[tanyev]

11. So will this keep her from having to testify or face consequences

if she did something illegal?

[aquart]

14. No. Sampson had to testify.

[durtee librul]

25. Wait a minute - testify? All I heard was..

I don't recall, or I don't remember.

Doesn't qualify in my book as testifying. Well, ok, he did warm the chair and he did a couple times link all the way back to the WH.

[gratuitous]

15. Nope

But now when she goes off to the slammer, she'll be a "former Justice Department employee." Sounds ever so much better than "Bush administration official Monica Goodling was duck-walked into the federal penitentiary and day spa in East Bumblefuck, West Virginia for a short stretch for being such a corrupt bimbo."

[pnwmom]

19. No, this is bad news for Bush. They have less control of her now. n/t

[Amonester]

68. This is bad news for her too in a sense.

Now she'll have to stay away from small planes, or something like that.

[pnwmom]

69. I'd laugh, except . . . . n/t

[sabra]

16. "May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America,"

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/04/senior-justice-official-resigns.html

<snip>

In a brief letter to Alberto Gonzales, Goodling gave no reason for her resignation but said it was effective April 7th.

"I am hereby submit my resignation to the Office of the Attorney General, effective April 7, 2007. It has been an honor to have served at the Department of Justice for the past five years," Goodling said.

"May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America," she concluded.

[spotbird]

23. What ever happened to shame? nt

[KansDem]

27. No money in it...(eom)

[Canuckistanian]

31. LOL

Yup, shame doesn't do a damned thing for your portfolio.
:rofl:

[Miss Chybil]

35. May God give to you what you have given to the rest of the world, Mr. Gonzales.

May you reap what you have sown...

[TrogL]

76. May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America

She's deferring to people richer than her.

She thinks they're more godly.

[flyarm]

17. does anyone think she may be taking an immunity deal?? eom

[pnwmom]

20. She should jump at one. n/t

[Demeter]

38. They'd Have To Be Bonkers To Offer Her Immunity

She's been begging for prison--so let her wish be fulfilled.

[cal04]

21. link:Gonzales aide Goodling to resign

Monica Goodling, the counsel and White House liaison to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, says in a letter that she will resign, effective Saturday.

Goodling has been on a leave of absence. Her lawyers have told Congress she would invoke the Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination if called to testify about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

Goodling was one of several aides closely involved in planning the firings, which raised a furor in Washington over their apparent political motivation.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17986525/

[PhilipShore]

29. kick

:bounce: :bounce:

[VegasWolf]

30. Not the first time a rat sensed the ship was sinking and hauled ass outta there.nt

[annabanana]

33. I hear she's a good, God fearing girl. . .

When she swears to tell the Truth, so help her God, she should really, really consider it.



:dilemma: . . . . .

[MagickMuffin]

34. Good(ling) Friday, Good(ling) Friday news dump

I guess she didn't want to resign on Good(ling) Friday, so she put it off for tomorrow.

I've read elsewhere, where she thinks she no longer has to testify:rofl:

[Bake]

36. She'll still have to testify, after an immunity deal is struck

And now that she's resigned, I expect she'll spill her guts.

Bake

[ProudDad]

79. I suspect she's got a strong "Joan of Arc" complex

She'll probably go to jail for contempt to save her savior...to continue to "do god's work".

[Webster Green]

39. Gonzales aide who asserted Fifth resigns (Goodling)

Source: Yahoo News

By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - A top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales abruptly quit Friday, almost two weeks after telling Congress she would not testify about her role in the firings of federal prosecutors.

ADVERTISEMENT

There was no immediate reason given, but Monica M. Goodling's refusal to face Congress had intensified a controversy that threatens Gonzales' job.

She resigned in a three-sentence letter to Gonzales, calling her five-year stint at Justice an honor and telling him, "May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America."

Asserting her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, Goodling had rejected demands for a private interview with a House committee investigating the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070406/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fired_prosecutors;_ylt=AoV7t8fwZhYzWgDDr3ftqubMWM0F

[Botany]

40. On a Friday afternoon?

I am shocked :rofl:



Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: Oh, thank you very much.

Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!

[POAS]

48. "Good Friday" no less!

[Botany]

50. Random chance .....

.... :rofl:

The U.S. Attorneys were being used along with other branches of the govt.
to keep a permeant Repug grip on power even though they are the minority
and a clean election would show that every time.

I say get that good Christian women to slap her hand on the bible and ask
her to tell the truth about what happened.

[POAS]

51. She can go back to Regent,

hide out in their chapel and claim sanctuary from the infidel hordes.

[tblue]

41. "May God bless you richly" ??? WTF? Well, if God doesn't, the Republic party will?

Good riddance, but do they have any idea how bad this looks? This is the fricking US Dept. of JUSTICE, for heaven's sake!

[monktonman]

42. They dont care.

[Tunkamerica]

44. She graduated from Regent University, right?

[Penndems]

54. Here's her Regent University web page:

http://web.archive.org/web/19991008153443/home.regent.edu/monigoo/

[Tunkamerica]

57. and her other page

http://web.archive.org/web/20000309200820/home.regent.edu/monigoo/rtside.htm

I like the quote up top.

[Penndems]

58. Egads! Pardon me, please, while I barf . . .

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[ProudDad]

80. From her site

"My dad never forgot flying in the Vietnam War. After years as a civilian, he finally found happiness by rejoining the military and flying once again. He was recently awarded a metal of valor."

METAL of valor? This child was in collitge when she writ this, eh?

[sam sarrha]

45. their form of Christianity is a Cargo Cult... getting caught is a SIN before gOD

[saltpoint]

43. Maybe Ms. Goodling just couldn't balance the demands of her job in

Washington with her overriding impulse to join a bowling league back home.

Too many people calling her up, taking chunks out of her schedule.

So she had to just sit down one day and ask herself which set of people is owed her allegiance?

The sacking of the 8 US Attorneys? Oh, of course not. This has NOTHING to do with any of that.

It's all about the bowling. The sounds of the balls smashing into the pins, a cheesburger, fries and Coke, the laughter of her fundie pals back home.

Nostalgia rides a tall horse.

[sam sarrha]

46. pray for her she may not last long...before she has an accident, they play hard ball

[saltpoint]

49. I wonder if maybe her attorney has recorded her statements already?

The hardball thugs would have to get access to that attorney's office and grab that deposition. I'm guessing it's already in a file, written and signed, or even on videotape.

If she's a true Christian she'll tell the truth.

If she's a fundie rat, I expect Senator Leahy will have the last word.

[rodeodance]

47. will she get to fade like Foley?

Goodling's lawyers have asked Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record), chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee, not to compel her to appear at a public hearing knowing of her intention to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions.

Her lawyers have said such a hearing would be a perjury trap for her. They note allegations that Goodling misled Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty before he testified to Congress about the ousters, causing him to give an incomplete and possibly inaccurate account.

Goodling's mother, Cindy Fitt of Osceola Mills, Pa., said the resignation had been anticipated. "She told me I'm to say 'no comment' for everything," the mother said in a brief telephone interview.

[rocktivity]

55. A "perjury trap?" The "cure" for perjury is very simple

TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!!!!

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[Demeter]

62. IT Ain't Perjury If You Tell the Truth

Ask any lawyer!

[Jack Rabbit]

52. Goodling? Is that all?

I was betting on Gonzo and Doan to be gone today, too.

It's Good Firday. The White House should have taken a SuperBadNewsDump.

[Aviation Pro]

53. Cut and run, false Christian coward....

...what's the matter, honey, when the going gets tough the cowards shrivel up into the fetal ball position?

These people disgust me.

[Robbien]

56. I don't just want her gone. I want her testimony, sworn and in public

and I want all the rest of the temporary USA's kicked out. About one third of the USA's I believe.

Then I want an investigation into every single USA still sitting. I want to know what agenda they are pushing or are being asked to push.

I want a justice system back. I want a justice system for everyone not "just us GOPers".

[pushycat]

60. Sounds good to me.

[Uben]

59. What the heck is a perjury trap?

I've heard this term used in th emedia, but what is the definition of it?

She must be guilty of a crime, or she would not refuse to testify. In that instance, I can see why she would take the fifth. There is no reasonable excuse to refuse to exonerate ones self. She should be smart enoough by now to know she would be thrown to the dogs in a second if the need arises.....and maybe it has!

[K8-EEE]

61. They sure didn't worry about such things with Clinton....

"perjury trap," WAAAAAH! It's basically, "no accountablity for us, we don't do accountability, that's trapping us." Idiots!

[never cry wolf]

64. perjery trap:

(pûr'jə-rē)(trăp):a ninety million dollar investigation that discovers nothing about which the investigation was started for, six years after the fact but yields a minor legal blip that radio talk show hosts can howl about for a decade. Also known as the clenis. (Origins solidly embedded in mythology)

[madeline_con]

63. So where does an out of work former AG aide find a job

these days?
It's funny, a Monica wreaks White House havoc again. :popcorn:


edited 4 speeling

[maddezmom]

66. Top Gonzales aide resigns, won't testify

Top Gonzales aide resigns, won't testify
By Lara Lakes Jordan - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- A top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales abruptly quit Friday, almost two weeks after telling Congress she would not testify about her role in the firings of federal prosecutors.

Monica M. Goodling, the Justice Department's liaison to the White House, gave no reason for her resignation. Since she was at the center of the firings, Goodling's refusal to testify has intensified questions about whether the U.S. attorney dismissals were proper and heightened the furor that threatens Gonzales' own job.

"It has been an honor to have served at the Justice Department for the past five years," Goodling wrote Gonzales, advising him of her resignation effective Saturday.

"May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America," added Goodling, a native of the York Haven area of York County.

The Justice Department confirmed the resignation in a letter to two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee investigating the firings. Gonzales and Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty had removed themselves from any personnel decisions related to Goodling, according to the letter from Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Hertling.

more:http://www.centredaily.com/116/story/62322.html

[anotherdrew]

70. good ridance to bad trash - but she's still on the hook for past actions

let's see some under-oath testification!

[camero]

71. What kind of Christian takes the Fifth?

Isn't the mantra of Christ "the truth shall set you free"? If she was a real Christian, she would go before Congress, tell the truth, and let the chips fall where they may.

[KeepItReal]

75. Hey that's a really good point!

<eom>

[Eurobabe]

72. Is she gonna sing now? Medoubts it.

Her parting gift: "May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America,"

:puke:

With anything BushCo, substitute 'destruction of' for 'service to'