Fired US Attorneys: Scandal Will Get "Worse, Not Better" .. criminal charges likely

[RedEarth]

Fired USA: Scandal Will Get "Worse, Not Better"
By Paul Kiel - May 9, 2007, 4:56 PM
Purged U.S. attorneys John McKay of Seattle and David Iglesias of New Mexico sat down with The Seattle Times today and had a lot to say.

First, they were clear that they think the various investigations -- by Congress and the Justice Department's internal watchdogs -- will result in criminal charges, whether for trying to influence criminal investigations or for lying to Congress:

"I think there will be a criminal case that will come out of this," McKay said during his meeting with Times journalists. "This is going to get worse, not better."...
McKay said he believes obstruction-of-justice charges will be filed if investigators conclude that the dismissal of any of the eight prosecutors was motivated by an attempt to influence ongoing public-corruption or voter-fraud investigations....

Additionally, McKay and Iglesias said they believe Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty lied under oath when they testified before Congress that the eight prosecutors were fired for performance-related reasons and because of policy disputes with Justice Department headquarters.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003182.php

[Botany]

1. So rigging elections, stopping criminal investigations, and using the ...

.... Dept. of Justice to break the law are illegal? Who knew?

8/22/07 bush will be gone.

[global1]

7. Why 8/22/07 - What's The Significance of That Date?......nt

[Botany]

8. 3 things

my son's birthday
my folks' anniversary
and the date I bet bush will be gone by (or on his way out)
his ship has hit the iceberg .... they are just moving deck
chairs around now.

but then again I might be nuttier than a squirrel turd.

[Cha]

2. I certainly hope so!

ONE of the most egregious crimes they've committed if you look at the whole picture.

[Botany]

4. In 2003 bush fired a U.S. attorney who was looking into Abramoff

and his dealing with "sweat shops" on Pacific Islands.

[L. Coyote]

3. SEE ALSO: US Attorney Firing: Voter Fraud, Medicare Fraud, WHICH IS IT ???

When did the US Attorney Firings controversy really begin?

I discovered some new possibilities while researching this thread:
Missouri attorney a focus in USA firings = Bradley Schlozman

...........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x853813

[yourout]

5. And at the middle of every steaming pile of dung is Rove squatting with his pants at his knees.

Many a beer will be poured the day Rover gets to bend over.

[Cha]

6. Just think...the history

books get to write about "bush's brain" and how it turned to mush.

[magellan]

10. I just keep envisioning Rover with his new cellmate

...who insists on calling him "Sue".

[TankLV]

11. no - how the repukes attempted to mold the mush and fool everyone that it was a brain...

[calimary]

12. Hey, kkkarl - how does the color orange go with your skin tone, 'eh?

Betcha can't guess what I'm visualizing now...

:evilgrin:

[Blackhatjack]

9. Politicization of the Dept of Justice is a strike at the heart of our Democracy...

You cannot have a Democratic form of government based on the 'rule of law' if the Department tasked with protecting it is converted into a politicized branch of the Republican Party.

Those who may act with impunity because they have no fear of ever being prosecuted(held accountable) are the real danger to our country surviving as a democracy.

[Botany]

13. oops

n/t

[lonestarnot]

14. I M P E A C H