anthony @ 22:15 BST
Fired US attorney: Inspector General probing Gonzales is a ‘straight shooter’
Mike Aivaz and Muriel Kane | Raw Story | Published: Tuesday October 23, 2007
Fired US Attorney John McKay, who indicated last week that the Justice Department’s Inspector General may soon recommend a criminal prosecution of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, appeared on Monday’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
McKay emphasized repeatedly that he has no insider knowledge of the content of the forthcoming Inspector General’s report, but said there are signs it is close to completion and may be released within the next few weeks.
“I think very highly of [Inspector General] Glenn Fine,” McKay told Olbermann. “He enjoys a very, very good reputation as a straight shooter, as a person of integrity.” McKay added that “there’s been a dark cloud over the Justice Department” which the report may help lift.
McKay began calling last spring for Gonzales to step down for his role in “a conspiracy to politicize the Justice Department,” which McKay suggested might have been masterminded by Karl Rove.
“There were persons at the Justice Department who sought to politicize it in its hiring,” McKay told Olbermann, “not just by firing presidentially appointed US Attorneys such as myself but in hiring line Assistant United States Attorneys to prosecute cases on a daily basis or try cases in the Department of Justice. And those who love the Department of Justice as I do are very offended by that.”
McKay was among the US Attorneys fired by Gonzales, most likely over his refusal to follow up on allegations of voter fraud in the 2004 election of Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire. Gregoire’s narrow margin of victory after two recounts had led to Republican claims of fraud which were clearly unfounded, and McKay’s decision not to investigate was supported by both career prosecutors in his office and the FBI.
Send for Patrick J. Fitzgerald and let’s all follow the forthcoming trial on firedoglake and the Faux Fitz Blog.
I love courtroom drama, like Ten Angry Men, The Verdict, Kramer Versus Kramer, Boston Legal… , especially when a total sh*t like Gonzales is in the dock.
Alberto Gonzales deserves to be prosecuted!
Then again so does his Master and his evildoing Vice President..
😉
Dance with the devil and go down in flames…
Good job finding the video Anthony! 🙂
Where is the Tooth Fairy please????
Just a wishin’ and a hopin’ –
Oh, don’t ruin our dream Basheert…
LOL