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Department of Justice Report Will Not Suggest Charges Against former AG Gonzalez

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>Crime and Justice News, </em>September 29, 2008.</font></p> <p><font size="2">"A Justice Department investigation offers a blistering critique of the political motivations that led to the firings of a group of United States attorneys in late 2006 but stops short of recommending criminal charges against former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales or others in the affair, officials said. The department has been investigating the firings since last year, trying to determine who in the Bush administration ordered the firings, whether the dismissals were intended to thwart investigations and whether anyone had broken the law in carrying out the firings or in testifying about them, reports the New York Times." </font></p> <p><font size="2">"The report is scheduled for release on Monday. Gonzales, who resigned last year after coming under criticism because of the firings, has been the main focus of interest, in part because several members of Congress charged that he may have perjured himself in his testimony through his memory lapses and misstatements about the firings. But sources said the investigation would not recommend criminal charges at this point against Gonzales or other. The report was expected to recommend that investigators continue to pursue some elements of the case, meaning that the legal questions around Gonzales would continue." </font></p> <p><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001M_K0AYFxyBBjQwHf_V5zzUVdm2nTLZG9SekJkSwSg2cRuPK72-RWjpj_gHQwvvmFj5-x_BGBhpMMGGGsMQkw0ET2I5Stcs9aHc4Ow3pc3nis86rlnA_Sb3OI7aOZ2t8NmXke8yt2zgokedht0eum2Rfm-NkpgeKQeTF0k9WuaUwmjy1aKsOuX0SHdgOI13P1" shape="rect" color="#0000FF" target="_blank"><font size="2">New York Times</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p>

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