Investigators: Probe on U.S. Attorney Firings Should Continue

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092801057.html?hpid=topnews

By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 28, 2008; 1:35 PM

Former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will not be referred to a federal grand jury for his role in the 2006 firings of nine U.S. attorneys, but a long-awaited report to be released Monday will recommend that a prosecutor continue to probe the involvement of lawmakers and White House officials in the episode, according to two people familiar with the case.


Justice Inspector General Glenn A. Fine and Office of Professional Responsibility director H. Marshall Jarrett, who wrote the report, will not absolve Justice Department officials of blame but will recommend that efforts continue to resolve unanswered questions, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not yet been made public.

Holy cats. Talk about the Religious right filling the Judicial department and following a law that is neither holy or consitutional. "Investigators cited discrepancies in information provided by Goodling, Sampson and former press aide John Nowacki, who, like Goodling, received his law degree from Regent University, founded by television evangelist Pat Robertson. But they stopped short of concluding that the conduct rose to the level of a criminal violation." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072801007.html?sid=ST2008072801270&s_pos=

Let it be Fitzmas!