Leahy “threatens” perjury investigation. STFU and do it.

WASHINGTON - The White House defended Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday against accusations he gave misleading testimony to Congress. A key Republican senator critical of Gonzales said there was no sign that President Bush’s support for the attorney general was weakening.

Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, accompanied Bush on an Air Force One on a trip to Philadelphia. At a hearing on Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Republican had told Gonzales, “I do not find your testimony credible, candidly.”

The senator Thursday that Bush was sticking by Gonzales out of personal loyalty, despite the attorney general’s deteriorating support on Capitol Hill. “The hearing two days ago was devastating (for Gonzales). But so was the hearing before that and so was the hearing before that,” Specter said.

Gonzales faces new questions about his credibility because of apparent contradictions between his sworn Senate testimony and an intelligence official’s statements. As a result, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has threatened to request a perjury investigation of Gonzales.

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