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The various documents obtained by request or subpoena during dissmissal of U.S attorneys controversy by both the the United States House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary, originally produced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) or White House have been made available to the public and press via the two congressional judiciary committees' web sites. The documents recieved a great deal of attention in the United States press from March 2007 onward, and have been repeatedly cited or excerpted in news reports, editorials and analyses. The documents largely include copies of memoranda and email among leadership and key individuals within the United States Department of Justice, as well as key members of the Executive Office of the President, commonly termed White House. The dismissal of U.S. Attorneys controversy is an ongoing political dispute concerning the dismissal of nine United States Attorneys by the George W. Bush administration in December 2006, and their replacement by interim appointees. ...
This article details the chonology of events that occured regarding the Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy. ...
This article about dismissed U.S. attorneys summarizes the circumstances surrounding a number of U.S. attorneys dismissed from office in the United States Department of Justice in 2006. ...
The dismissal of U.S. Attorneys controversy is an ongoing political dispute concerning the dismissal of nine United States Attorneys by the George W. Bush administration in December 2006, and their replacement by interim appointees. ...
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, or (more commonly) the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. ...
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The Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff. ...
The Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff. ...
Below is an extended set of references, and includes committee hearing transcripts, which were usually produced by Congressional Quarterly, and published by the Washington Post. Most documents listed were re-published at the Washington Post's web site, and some are linked from the two congressional judiciary committees' web sites. Some Op-Ed articles and editorials by key participants in the controversy are also listed below.
Congressional Committees
Access to Congressional Judiciary Committee calendars and documents: - House Committee on the Judiciary: http://judiciary.house.gov/
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary:http://judiciary.senate.gov/schedule_all.cfm
Hearings transcripts and prepared statements May 23, 2007 - Goodling Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee Congressional Quarterly via the Washington Post
- Witness: Monica K. Goodling
- Remarks of Monica Goodling before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives
May 15, 2007:
- Witness: Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey
May 11, 2007
May 7, 2007 - Witness: Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey
| Gonzales Testimony - April 19, 2007 ( v • d • e ) | | Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Hearing on the dismissal of U.S. attorneys
Testimony of Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (informally Senate Judiciary Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress. ...
Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is the 80th and current Attorney General of the United States. ...
Seal of the United States Department of Justice The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see 28 U.S.C. § 503) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ...
| | | | Video | - Complete hearing: morning and afternoon sessions (C-SPAN)
| | | Opening Statements | | | | Senators' Questions and A.G.'s Testimony | | |
April 19, 2007
March 29, 2007
- Witnesses:
D. Kyle Sampson, former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Gonzales;
Bradford Berenson, Attorney for D. Kyle Sampson March 6, 2007
- Witnesses for both the Senate and House on March 6:
William Moschella, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, Deparatment of Justice
Carol Lam, Former U.S. Attorney
David Iglesias, Former U.S. Attorney
Bud Cummins, Former U.S. Attorney
John McKay, Former U.S. Attorney
Daniel Bogden, Former U.S. Attorney
Paul Charlton, Former U.S. Attorney
John Smietanka, Former U.S. Attorney
Representative Darrell Issa, R-California
Former Representataive Asa Hutchinson
Former Deputy Attorney General George Terwilliger
February 6, 2007
- Prepared opening statement, before Senate Judiciary Committee by Paul McNulty
- Access to other witnesses' opening statments
- Witnesses:
Senator Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas)
The Honorable Paul J. McNulty, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Mary Jo White, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY
Laurie L. Levenson , Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA
Stuart M. Gerson, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, Washington, DC
Dismissed U.S. Attorneys answers to interrogatories - Questions and Answers from U.S. Attorneys Post-hearing supplemental responses by dismissed U.S. Attorneys to House Committee
Documents Released May 21, 2007
- DOJ Document Sets (via House Judiciary Committee)
Released May 15, 2007
Released May 2, 2007
Released April 26, 2007
Released April 13, 2007
Released April 10, 2007
Released April 4, 2007
Released March 28, 2007
Released March 26, 2007
Released March 23, 2007
Released March 20, 2007
Released March 19, 2007
Released March 13, 2007
Correspondence from Dept. of Justice and White House staff detailing the political considerations made by administration personnel:
Released March 8 and 9, 2007
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