MSNBC: Hearing on Fired Attorneys Ended After GOP Objections

[Hissyspit]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17852146

GOP senator halts hearing on attorney firings
Democratic panel chair Leahy says Justice Dept. motivation was improper

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Updated: 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A Republican lawmaker used a rarely invoked Senate procedure to halt the testimony of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ former chief of staff Thursday, NBC’s Mike Viquiera reported.

The move came just as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee reconvened a hearing in which Kyle Sampson told the panel that Gonzales, his former boss, wrongly stated he was not involved in discussions about the firings of federal prosecutors.

"I don't think the attorney general's statement that he was not involved in any discussions of U.S. attorney removals was accurate," testified Kyle Sampson, who quit this month as Gonzales' top aide. "I remember discussing with him this process of asking certain U.S. attorneys to resign."

Sampson said Gonzales attended a crucial meeting on the firings Nov. 27, 10 days before they were carried out.

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[Missy Vixen]

1. You can run, but you can't hide n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. circle the wagons mode?

[IWantAChange]

3. Too much heat in the kitchen? Must be ALOT more that is going to come out...

[Robbien]

10. There is. The guys in Guam/Abramoff/AttorneyPurge

part of this scandal just pled not guilty. The article on that story is very detailed on how dirty this is.

Abramoff asked that the Guam USA get fired because the USA was getting too close to finding out about Abramoff.

see story
http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/NEWS01/703300308/1002

[mod mom]

12. So did the R's protest so they could get their talking points straight on the Guam

USA story?

[Robbien]

15. No. Not Guam

but Samson was letting too much info out on the whole rotting mess of the purge system. GOPers wanted to remind him to keep saying "I don't remember".

[AlinPA]

4. I don't understand.

[youngdem]

5. Fine. Just prolonging the inevitable

The Republicans are tone deaf on how their petulance is playing in middle America. They still are acting as though they control the message, and they look so foolish and cocky while doing it.

Puts a smile on my face every time they throw a tantrum now. They have lost control.

[Sugarcoated]

6. How can they do that if they're not the majority?

This has got to be a desperate move cause this interview is going to happen.

[LiberalHeart]

9. And why would the Dems allow a shutdown? I want more info.

[jojo54]

11. steve2470 posted this site explaining senate rules:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=532862&mesg_id=532935

[Lint Head]

7. It ain't over till it's over. Y.B.

We are in the majority and there is nothing the liars can do about it.:dem:

[mmonk]

8. They are going to force the democrats hand.

It's a "whatcha gonna do about it" move I guess.

[Hissyspit]

13. .

[NewYorkerfromMass]

14. They obviously can't handle the truth. nt

[meldroc]

16. They're just postpoing the inevitable.

GOP: You can run, and you can hide, but in the end, you'll just die tired.

[BearSquirrel2]

17. They're trying to move it to Friday ...

They're just trying to move the thing to Friday. Dems will skip the Friday news cycle for good reason and this will give the Republicans a little breathing room on the Sunday talk shows. Watch, the administration will role out something big next Monday to trump news coverage of this testimony.

[Hippo_Tron]

18. Worst case scenario, Conyers and Waxman have hearings on the matter