Dems to file request for immediate investigation of former US Attorney Gen

[sabra]

Go la_la!

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Dems_to_file_request_for_immediate_investigation_of_former_US_Attorney_Gen_0817.html

Dems to file request for immediate investigation of former US Attorney General

Larisa Alexandrovna

Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) and Congresswoman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) will be issuing a formal request for an immediate investigation with the US Inspector General’s office into John Ashcroft – former US Attorney General, Raw Story has learned.

The request - released to Raw Story - cites conflict of interest on the part of Ashcroft in his failure to promptly recuse himself during the initial investigation into the outing of CIA agent Valerie Wilson. Ashcroft was US Attorney General at the time.

The CIA filed charges with the FBI and Justice after columnist Robert Novak made Wilson's identity public in July of 2003. It has since been learned, as part of a case currently in front of a grand jury, that Karl Rove – Senior Advisor to President Bush, was the source for several reporters on the Wilson story.

Ashcroft was appointed to the AG office on the suggestion of Rove, who was also the political consultant for Ashcroft's 2000 US Senate campaign bid against the late Governor Mel Carnahan (D-Missouri), for which Rove was paid an estimated $750,000 in services.

[Catherine Vincent]

1. Ashcroft is involved in all this?

Good! No wonder he tried to sneak away quietly.

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1706820