Now that Gonzales has been exposed for making false statements, will this result in the return of the 8 fired?

Question

“I don't think the attorney general's statement that he was not involved in any discussions of U.S. attorney removals was accurate...”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17852146/

Will a special prosecutor be assigned to pick up the trail of Carol Lam's investigation as well as the others.

You can't trust the new appointees to be forthcoming with justice in these cases can you?

Answer 1

No. Once a political appointee has been removed, whether for ethical reasons or not (or even if they just resign), they must go through the normal appointment process to get the job back.

Answer 2

They will not be renominated by the President who tacitly supported their termination.

And yes, this is a nasty mess the WH made for itself. And, I'll go farther and say that these firings were not illegal.

Inappropriate? You bet.

Illegal? Prolly not. They only way this is illegal is if the WH was seeking to cut off investigations into Republicans or to further prosecute Dems. This interference is patently illegal. Now you have to prove it. The Iglesias (sp) case is most likely to bear fruit on this, should the charge be true.

Does it buck tradition? Most certainly. Very odd to consider removing (not firing) all of your AG appointees in your second term. More so to fire 8 during the middle of their second term.

Remember, even if we suspect they were axed to protect party officials or damage the Dems, you gotta prove it. And so far, all we have is a partisan axing based on loyalty to Bush. This, though inappropriate, is NOT illegal.

And for you Repubs reading this, the reason to fire off subpoenas is to determine or uncover whether or not evidence exists which confirms that the firings were done to protect Repubs (Ms Lam in LA) or damage Dems (Iglesias in NM). The WH has given too many different reasons and "errors" (Rove wasnt involved - he was per released emails; Gonzales wasn't involced - he was per the same) to take their word for it.

My .02

Answer 3

The reinstatement of the 8 is really not a priority. At this point in time, the priority is to get down to the truth. There still isn't any clear evidence that Gonzales lied, but where there's smoke, there is certainly fire. And smoke detectors are beeping all over the White House!

Answer 4

I swear to everything you hate everything about GWB and his administration, you are what is wrong with America, offering no solutions, just ideas on how to stick it to the President. You can quote any little article you want, the truth is that you are not very intelligent and a liberal who hates Republicans and want us to lose in Iraq just so President Bush looks bad. I cannot stand people like you with no moral compass. Gonzales did nothing wrong, I know you want him to fail, I am sick of your crap

Answer 5

No, its over for them, and you can bet the next appointees will be more repuglican friendly. Come 08 Hillary will fire all or most all and get democratic frindly ones. Its all in the game.

Answer 6

Whether they were fired for politically motivated reasons or not, its still within the right for him to fire them no matter what the reason.

And as someone else said saying 'I dont think his statement is accurate' is not equivalent 'being exposed for making false statments.'

Answer 7

"I don;'t think" is NOT proof of wrongdoing, pal. and if Howard Dean turns a corner to fast, MSNBC will have a broken neck, it was just reported that MSNBC is having fits because the hearings haven't shown any wrongdoing by Gonzalez

Answer 8

Why? It is an appointed position. Congress already said it was legal to remove them.

Answer 9

Nope...The President can remove the attorneys at any time and for any reason...Done deal......NEXT

Answer 10

Will F einstein return the money ? http://www.metroactive.com/feinstein/index.html

She was really looking after the taxpayers