LINKS TO LIES: WH - Denies Involvement In Prosecutor Purge

[kpete]

White House Involvement
"The White House did not play a role in the list of the seven U.S. attorneys." - Dan Bartlett

President Bush - President Bush http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/washington/13attorneys.html?ex=1331438400&en=20f8997855fa5af9&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss spoke directly with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales "to pass on concerns" from Republican lawmakers like Senator Pete Domenici, "about the way certain prosecutors were handling cases of voter fraud." Domenici allegedly "leaned on" and "sickened" http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/06/dismissed.prosecutors.ap/index.html former U.S. attorney David Iglesias to rush indictments against Democrats before Election Day.

Karl Rove - In September of last year, the chief of staff to Alberto Gonzalez wrote that getting former Rove aid Tim Griffin was "important" to Rovehttp://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002739.php . Rove's deputy, Scott Jennings, http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002750.php was "in close contact with Tim Griffin" and helped him get "installed as the federal prosecutor in eastern Arkansas." Yet the Justice Department said they were not aware of Rove playing "any role" in the decision to appoint Griffin. http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002746.php

Further, Rove was "urged" http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16872058.htm by New Mexico Republican party chairman Allen Weh to fire Iglesias because of "his failure to indict Democrats."

Harriet Miers - http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002740.php As Senator Schumer pointed out, chief White House lawyer Harriet Miers was "one of the masterminds of this plan." Released emails show she communicated with Kyle Sampson, Gonzales' chief of staff, about the selective U.S. attorney purge.

Yet the White House wasn't involved?
http://www.democrats.org/blog.html

3/13/2007 - Documents Regarding DOJ Firings, Part 1

http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/DOJd...

3/13/2007 - Documents Regarding DOJ Firings, Part II

http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/DOJd...

http://judiciary.house.gov/Text

[ewagner]

1. They (the WH) left muddy footprints

all over this thing....

Actually I'm surprised...Rove rules dictate that you "don't leave any fingerprints"....

this is MORE than fingerprints....