Follow up to September 29, 2008 posting, DOJ: An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006, today’s House Judiciary Committee Hearing on: the Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters
- Opening Statement of Chairman John Conyers, Jr.: “…with this detailed Report before us, there can no longer be any dispute that the firings were improper, that false statements were made to Congress, and that the Justice Department has been severely harmed as a result. As the Report states and I quote: Political partisan considerations were an important factor in the removal of several of the U.S. Attorneys.
- Conyers Calls for Special Counsel on U.S. Attorney Report Judiciary Committee Hearing Scheduled for Friday
Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice concerning The Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006 October 3, 2008.
