Sen. Schumer: “We do have evidence” Gonzales lied under oath

[CatWoman]

During his January 18, 2006 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Alberto Gonzales said this:

GONZALES: I would never, ever make a change in a United States attorney position for political reasons or if it would, in any way, jeopardize an ongoing serious investigation. I just would not do it.


When asked on Meet the Press this morning if he "had any evidence that a U.S. attorney was removed and that removal jeopardized an ongoing investigation," Senator Schumer said he does and that the evidence is "becoming more and more overwhelming."

This is why the prosecutor purge is a genuine scandal. Not only is there clear evidence that the firings were unprecedented and purely politically-motivated, but Alberto Gonzales lied about it under oath and the White House keeps changing it's story. What conclusion can we draw from these lies and revisionisms other than they have something to hide? Namely, that these eight prosecutors were selectively fired because they did not sufficiently politicize their offices and succumb to pressure to do so, only later to be fired for "performance-related" reasons despite receiving exemplary evaluations.

Transcript below the fold…

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/18/sen-schumer-we-do-have-evidence-gonzales-lied-under-oath/

[saltpoint]

1. Gonzales will not be able to stammer through a hearing with Schumer.

He'll resign before he has to face the obvious truth.

He's a political hit man using the Department of Justice to do the boss's will.

Bad, bad, bad.

[fooj]

2. You know what blows me away? The hate-filled pundits who

SPEW their propaganda DESPITE actual evidence to the contrary.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

3. Holy Shit. This Is Gonna Be A Hell Of A Week I Think.

Time to skew this motherfucker.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. Just let them try to invade Iran this week?

Don't think there will be anybody left in the White House at this rate.

[Lint Head]

5. Keep your fingers crossed,

and your toes, and your arms, and your legs and your eyes. May the lucky leprechaun of happiness share his luck with the truth and leave the blarney stone behind for the liars to admire.
:dem:

[burrowowl]

6. He lied under oath!

Prosecute!

[upi402]

7. Can we get 1/10th the steam that Clinton suffered from Repubs?

C'mon Dems. What are you waiting for? The next HUGH election loss?

[unblock]

8. yeah, but it wasn't about a blowjob, so who cares?

:banghead:

[barbtries]

9. tell me i'm right

when i say that lying under oath to congress is a prosecutable crime?!??!?!?!

[Richard Steele]

11. Yes, you are correct. nm

[Nite Owl]

10. I hope that going home to spend

more time with his family isn't the only consequence. These guys have to know that their are real consequences for what they have done. They have to do real time.

[drm604]

13. Nah, they'll just fire anyone who tries to prosecute him.

The worst part is that I half believe that they'd try it.

[kestrel91316]

12. Oh, you silly people, he's ALLOWED to lie under oath. He's a

Republican AG.

[w4rma]

14. Very good. Schumer is doing a good job explaining the situation to people. (nt)

[here_is_to_hope]

15. I have to agree, I have

caught Schumer before and found him wanting (my husband actually said "greasy") but he did a great job with Timeh.