Mukasey taps Fitzgerald for AG advisory post

Source: Tribune Politics Blog

More evidence that new Attorney General Michael Mukasey is running a more transparent and inclusive shop than his predecessors John Ashcroft and, especially, Alberto Gonzales:

Mukasey announced today that he's appointing Chicago federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to the Attorney General's advisory committee of U.S. attorneys.

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Mukasey still has a sticky call to make connected to the Plame case. He has to decide whether to allow Congress to have transcripts of investigators' interviews with Bush, Cheney and former White House senior advisor Karl Rove.

Fitzgerald's appointment comes on the heels of yesterday's announcement by Mukasey that the Justice Department will open a criminal investigation -- to be headed by a career prosecutor from outside Main Justice -- into the CIA's destruction of videotaped interrogations of terrorism suspects.



Read more: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/andrew_zajac_more_evidence_tha.html

but he`s got the best staff in america working on the cases here in illinois so...it`s looking good for the case in washington dc....

Mukasey's bud

When your boss gives you a promotion, it's generally not a good idea to turn it down.

As special counsel Fitzgerald does not report to the AG. This would limit his authority, it's just another cynical ploy to snip any lose ends.

Hope it doesn't get lost in all the Iowa hoo-hah.
Thanks for posting.

It clips Fitzgerald's wings.

That same Fitzgerald that allowed Rove to avoid prosecution by allowing him to lie to the grand jury four times before accepting his fifth testimony of the "truth" under oath? Yippy kye yay... :(

:grr:

without regard to party or power.

in fact, this makes mukasey rise in my eyes.

The people who were utterly convinced that their "Fitzmas" fantasy actually existed are now utterly convinced that Fitz intentionally didn't prosecute Rove, etc because either he's a loyal Bushie or "they had something on him."

I sure wasn't..I think there were more crimes committed than just those of Libby and I think those that committed those crimes were allowed to walk..He was not an "Independent" Prosecutor as he worked for the Just Us Dept and IMO those folks do stick together..

ddd

Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Report

Saturday 13 May 2006

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs, the law firm representing Karl Rove.

During the course of that meeting, Fitzgerald served attorneys for former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove with an indictment charging the embattled White House official with perjury and lying to investigators related to his role in the CIA leak case, and instructed one of the attorneys to tell Rove that he has 24 business hours to get his affairs in order, high level sources with direct knowledge of the meeting said Saturday morning.

Robert Luskin, Rove's attorney, did not return a call for comment. Sources said Fitzgerald was in Washington, DC, Friday and met with Luskin for about 15 hours to go over the charges against Rove, which include perjury and lying to investigators about how and when Rove discovered that Valerie Plame Wilson was a covert CIA operative and whether he shared that information with reporters, sources with direct knowledge of the meeting said.

It was still unknown Saturday whether Fitzgerald charged Rove with a more serious obstruction of justice charge. Sources close to the case said Friday that it appeared very likely that an obstruction charge against Rove would be included with charges of perjury and lying to investigators.

more: http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/60/19780

You don't remember this? Perhaps you will in 24 business hours.

Will stay tuned to see if something of substance happens. Oh, not holding my breath either.

have had hopes dashed too many times

to be another bid by Mukasey to try to put a roof over his slime trail. This guy is a snake and should be treated as such. he is trying to bamboozle you, and apparantly doing so, into believing that he is for truth and justice. THIS IS THE SAME FUCKING GUY THAT REFUSES TO CALL WATERBOARDING TORTURE BECAUSE IT WOULD IMPLICATE HIS BUDDY BUSH!

GET FUCKING REAL. THIS GUY IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN EDUCATED GONZALES.

after them or is he sidelined? Is this their way of getting him out of the field?

If that's what you think Obama will do, please repeat it elsewhere. I want people to know he thinks we should have a Republican administration. The last one did so well.

It's been printed previously that Obama has no love for PJF. Evidently has something to do with the land Obama's house is built on, and whom he obtained it from...

Julie

.... and your enemies closer.

Mukasey needs to appoint a true special prosecutor.

So far, he's just rearranging the furniture for appearance's sake.

this propaganda piece substitute for journalism these days.

DOJ line of command? It's hard to see how this is good news.

Keep your friends close...