Is there any evidence that their firings were motivated by anything other than the desire of the Bush administration to shelter crooks from being prosecuted?
Disgraced former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham was convicted of bigtime bribery and is now serving his time in Federal Prison. Was US attorney Carol Lam fired in revenge by the Bush-Rove-Cheney clique, embarrassed to have one of theior pals exposed as a crook?
2007-04-16 04:02:37 · 18 answers · asked by fra59e 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
All U.S Attorneys serve at the will of the President so it really doesn't matter why the attorneys were fired. The firings were legal and not uncommon. And since when is the relationship between president, vice-president, and presidential advisor defined as a clique?
2007-04-16 04:16:59 · answer #1 · answered by Fredo Menjou 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, not at all. The positions serve at the discretion of the President , who can fire them at any time for any reason. The false scandal that the democrats are making such a big stink about is really a non-issue. You have to understand that this is all part of the Democrats stragey to undermine the current administration and distract the public from their lack of ideas. By doing nothing except pointing their fingers at the adminstration for the year and a half , they hope to mantain there slight advantage in congress in the next elections. As soon as this one is over, they will create another investigation or inquiry based on whatever accusations they can drum up to whittle the time away. Meanwhile, they have done very little since they gained control with the exception of trying to push forward the largest tax increase in US history, which Bush is about to veto (thank God). Their behavior on the Iraq issue is close to treasonist, and I think they have misread the American public quite badly. They won the majority in the last election out of disgust from the conservative base, who wre fed up with what the Republicans were doing. Not by some mandate from the masses for change on foreign policy. Check the numbers on how Americans feel about Iraq. The behavior of Pelosi, Schummer, and Reid are an embarrassment to America, and these clowns should be run out of town on a rail in the next elections!
2007-04-22 14:36:35 · answer #2 · answered by booman17 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That grow to be in straight forward terms 8 criminal experts, and the administration had evey authentic to do do. Its in basic terms that Gonzales did no longer do it authentic away, and he botched his solutions up on the Hill. no longer an quite in a position guy! As Harriet Myers might have proved as a Superme court docket justice! They have been the two Bush partisans and not the suitable applicants obtainable. besides, if Gonzales had wanted in straight forward terms slightly extra Republican help, he wouldn't have offered Ramos and compeaon down the drain to guard boarder jumpers!
2016-10-03 01:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by doolin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is that Gonzales should be fired. He was disrespectful to the Judicial Oversight Committee by failing to provide sufficient documentation as they had requested in advance.
Among all of the "I don't recall"s he even recalled vaguely something that he had previously claimed that he had no recollection of.
I am surprised the the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are putting pressure on him to resign. That is of course if I am assuming that the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce wants honesty in business and their members.
As for the attorneys who were fired, it is my belief that the Judiciary Oversight Committee should review each dismissal and amend any reasons if warranted.
We need justice in the Department of Justice not a liar as the highest law officer in the country.
2007-04-23 05:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be a good thing for the government to do. It will reinstate credibility in the department of justice. The investigations should however continue, to find out about the interference by the republican senator Domenichi, in the legal process, as well as the interference in the investigations of the associates of republican Duke Cunningham, who was convicted of crimes while in office.
2007-04-22 12:16:21 · answer #5 · answered by johnfarber2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why stop with just those attorneys? Go to the Supreme Court and fire all those old time, senile Supreme Court Justices and replace them with some young blood. Like everyone else, these old geezers need to step down and let someone younger take over. (hell, 60 years old is young compared to some of those old dudes)
2007-04-21 05:44:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should be dealt justice. If it is determined by proper legal proceedings that they were improperly terminated, then there must be some form of compensation for all of them.
Likewise, those who committed the act of dismissing them for political reasons do deserve punishment.
2007-04-20 00:56:48 · answer #7 · answered by tamarindwalk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those attorneys work at the pleasure of the President. If he feels like canning them, then they are gone. What's the big deal? People are trying to make something out of nothing. Kind of like the whole Valerie Plame thing.
2007-04-16 04:17:30 · answer #8 · answered by Brian I 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually I thought most of the fired attorneys were fired because they wouldn't prosecute crooks.
IE:
Democrat crooks who committed voter fraud.
2007-04-16 04:18:26 · answer #9 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Should the 90 or so US Attorneys be reinstated that Clinton fired when he came into Office?
2007-04-16 04:07:44 · answer #10 · answered by danno 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋