Gonzales Hires A Top Gun Lawyer To Defend Him »
Posted By Aidenag 1 year, 8 months ago in NewsStill under investigation by Congress and Justice Department lawyers who once worked for him, the former attorney general has turned to a leading Washington attorney who oversaw Bush's lawyers in the 2000 recount to help him beat the rap.
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Blackacereturn1 year, 8 months ago
Thing is if you were sooo right as you were insisting to the American people why would you need a "Top Gun" lawyer? I was always told the truth would set you free, looks like AG did a bit of story telling to his fellow Americans.
They are all a bungh of crooks we should jail them all from bush on down...I think they underestimate the American people, never thought we would catch on to what they were doing. JAIL EM ALL THE DARN CROOKS
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spkguy1 year, 8 months ago
No Sh!t.. But they'll jump right up and defend ill conceived comments maid by one there hero's like Rush or Billo.
Ironic huh?
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Searchbeam1 year, 8 months ago
berkeley,
I don't think Scooter can practice law anymore, because his sentence was commuted, but he was not pardoned!
This lawyer can make a killing, because he has a skunk for a client, and those noxious fumes can be bad for the lawyer's health!
LOL!
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Searchbeam1 year, 8 months ago
Even after all of this, he may still have some socially redeemable value - such as picking fruit in Simi Valley or sandbagging Galveston area during Hurricane warning!
LOL!
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spkguy1 year, 8 months ago
I found his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee to be the most evasive I have ever witnessed. For instance his response to questions from SEN Schumer...
" did the president send you see attorney general Ashcroft."
Here see and hear for your self.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTlgvWFKEPg
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spkguy1 year, 8 months ago
This may explain why he may need a lawyer...
A DIZZYING DAY OF SCANDAL AND DECEIT!* ~OLBERMANN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAErowXNLpQ&mode... Gonzalez Liar Testimony TDS
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flretiree1 year, 8 months ago
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. Abraham Lincoln.
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spkguy1 year, 8 months ago
Here this is real good! Bill Moyer's interviews Jon Stewart on this very subject. And Stewart " NAILS IT! "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coQ8NumwFvw
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gamahuche1 year, 8 months ago
"the former attorney general is concerned that Fine may end up making a criminal referral to the Public Integrity Section of the Justice Department or even seek the appointment of a special counsel to determine if Gonzales made false statements to Congress."
And so he should be.
It'll be hard to get a perjury conviction against him based on his evidence in the hearing.
"I don't recall" will require brainscans to check the wiring and of course the expert witnesses will disagree whetherhe has a human, robot or android brain function.
Then if he is found guilty the Presidential Pardon awaits..
For all concerned, wouldn't it be simpler, more expeditious and less expensive to either let him fall on his sword, literally, or to send him on a little sea-cruise and let him fall into the jaws of a waiting shark?
[a re-incarnated lawyer perhaps]
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Obaku1 year, 8 months ago
I could get him, just on his testimony about the imaginary "consensus of top officials" on the Attorney firings. All the top officials have tesitified, and they all deny anything to do with the list.
The list came from the White House, and Pendejo lied to cover it up.
He lied about habeas corpus.
And the statute does not require an outright lie, just deception.
United States Code TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES # CHAPTER 47 - FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS Section 1001. Statements or entries generally
"(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation;"
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cheif1 year, 8 months ago
Question: he's one of the top rated lawyers in the world. Why would a top rated lawyer have to hire a very expensive lawyer? Don't have enough skills to defend himself?
Why doesn't he defend himself pro bono? Could it be because the taxpayers are paying for his defense?
And gamahuche was right - why go through all this expense and time in an effort that's going to be forgiven anyway?
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gamahuche1 year, 8 months ago
But I do require that he be dispensed with in some manner! Its too late for him to even attempt to make it an honourable exit so I guess something more on the lines of garbage removal.
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hamy1 year, 8 months ago
Under Bush and Cheney it has become "Land of the Fees and the Home of the Complacently Led."
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sumptuousdigs1 year, 8 months ago
Cheif, By forgiving more well documented crimes by a higher official than Libby, the naked emperor won't even have a fig leaf to cover his shortcomings! LOL
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gamahuche1 year, 8 months ago
With a bit of luck you've forestalled them.
OTOH if any reps have anything to say in his favour or on his behalf let's hear it! The poor b**tard needs whatever support he can get even if its from the crazed neo-con quarter.
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Will13131 year, 8 months ago
Maybe they can work a deal with him.... no prosecution if he rolls over on the illegal activities of Bush / Cheney.....
why prosecute the minnow when you could have the shark....
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joeblowe1 year, 8 months ago
"the expanding investigation by Glenn Fine, the Justice Department's fiercely independent inspector general" - Now's there's a phrase I think we should see a LOT more often: ...fiercely independent inspector general...
Perhaps the chickens are FINALLY coming home to roost. I tmay very well be that Gonzales quit because the one thing that the President CANNOT pardon is impeachment. If Gonzales were impeached while still in office, no doubt the senate would find out a LOT of things that would get a whole lot of other people in deep doo-doo.
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texangelwings1 year, 8 months ago
Glad to see that we have an independent inspector general to handle the case! We need someone who does not have a vested interest in this administration.
Why does Gonzales need an attorney? He said that he had done nothing wrong.
If he told the truth, he should not be worried!
Thanks Mark, interesting article!
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MajJohn1 year, 8 months ago
No matter how you feel about Gonzales, this is a waste of time over nothing and will go no where. The post only gives the radical left wing bloggers something to wag their tongues about. To say that only the guilty need an attorney is naive at best. What is unfortunate here is that the Democrats are pandering to their radical base and after listening to this for over another year the public will be so sick of it that a Republican will easily win the white house again. The Democrats need to put forth a positive message about their vision for the future. Trying to make the Republicans look like the worse choice of two evils is not a solid campaign strategy.
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not2needy1 year, 8 months ago
This bunch never tires of making idiots of themselves in front of the whole country! And they never tire of making the whole country look like idiots!
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Dorothyalmon1 year, 8 months ago
The only thing Fonzo was qualified for was busing tables at Taco Bell.
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Searchbeam1 year, 8 months ago
If he shares his "private" room with Karl the "TB" Rove, that would save space, time and administrative costs!
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