Blue Herald
26
Apr
Justice Dept. Releases List of Internal Documents
by QuestionGirl • 11:02 pm

Closed door with McNulty tomorrow…oh to be a fly on the wall.
From the Sun Sentinel:

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department released a list of internal documents Thursday focusing on lawmakers’ concerns and media questions about the firings of eight federal prosecutors, but the department resisted congressional demands for copies of the memos.

The list of 159 e-mails and memos, spanning nearly three months, at the least demonstrates concern about how the dismissals were being publicly received before they erupted into a firestorm that has resulted in calls for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign.

The small pile of documents, sent to Capitol Hill on Thursday night, also included articles published in The Washington Post and The New York Times that quoted unidentified Justice officials justifying the firings. A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said congressional investigators requested those two stories to determine who the unidentified officials were.

The new documents were released on the eve of closed-door congressional testimony by Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty on Friday. Documents listed as not being released were all authored by Kyle Sampson, Gonzales’ former chief of staff, who resigned March 12 over the handling of the firings.


Comments OffMeta InfoEmailPrint+Share

Related:


Loading...