The War Room: Will Justice probe block Gonzales aide's testimony?

[maddezmom]

Will Justice probe block Gonzales aide's testimony?
Maybe we're growing way too cynical -- watching Alberto Gonzales testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee can do that to you -- but does it strike anyone else that the fact that the Justice Department's decision to investigate Monica Goodling could interfere with the House Judiciary Committee's plan to force her to testify may be something other than a coincidence?

As the Washington Post reports this morning, Justice is looking into allegations that Goodling "illegally took party affiliation into account in hiring career federal prosecutors." As we noted last month, a group of Justice Department employees have charged, in a letter to Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers, that Gonzales' aides have been "politicizing" the "non-political ranks of Justice employees" by refusing to hire young lawyers whose résumés show involvement with "liberal" judges or causes. The Post says that the Justice Department's inspector general and Office of Professional Responsibility are now investigating Goodling's role based on a referral from Alexandria, Va., U.S. attorney Chuck Rosenberg, who was working as Gonzales' temporary chief of staff after Kyle Sampson resigned earlier this year.

more:http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/03/goodling/index.html?source=rss

[Monkeyman]

1. Only word YES

[crikkett]

2. but hasn't she been granted immunity?

[maddezmom]

3. Goodling's Lawyers Protest Justice Department Probe Revelation

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2833897