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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Why hasn't he been charged with perjury if he has been dishonest in his testimony to Congress and to the Judicial Committee? Or is this another example of an attack on the man's character?
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ace...as I have noted previously...oversight hearings are not criminal proceedings. Congress cannot charge Gonzales (or anyone) with perjury (or any crime). It is not within Congress' power.
Any charges against Gonzales or the appointment of a special prosecutor to conduct a potential criminal investigation would have to be initiated and filed by....duh....the Dept of Justice (or the WH directly)
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How his resignation helps to restore, assuming they lost that focus, DOJ's role of enforcer of the law and the fair and impartial administrator of justice for all Americans is an important question. To say that DOJ has not been doing its job since Gonzales, is a bold statement.
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Just my opinion as well as from reading comments over the last year from numerous career DoJ attorneys and other employees.
At the very least, the oversight hearings exposed and ended the unlawful practices of
using political affiliation for hiring career attorneys and
denying promotions in the Civll Righs Division based on political affiliation as well as the practice of
DoJ and WH consutling with (Repub) members of Congress regarding pending DoJ cases..or
pursuing unsubstantiated voter fraud charges against minority interest groups (in OH..just one example) right before the '04 election in violation of DoJ internal policies and procedures.....among many other highly questionable practices.
All of these actions happened on his watch so he was either incompetent in allowing them to happen or complicit in that he condoned/encouraged or was personally involved in such actions. But with his faulty memory, we'll never know.
You can argue that we are worse off with his resignation if thats what you believe....but I would suggest that is an equally bold statement.
We each have our opinion
