Archive for the ‘gonzales’ Category

Mukasey refuses inquiry for Bush aides

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to refer the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers committed no crime.Read the full story

Attorney General Gonzales resigns

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, under fire from congressional Democrats and even some Republicans, announced Monday that he has resigned from his post.Read the full story

F.B.I. Chief Challenges Gonzales’s Testimony

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Mr. Mueller told the House Judiciary Committee that the Bush administration’s secret eavesdropping program was the main topic at an encounter in the hospital room of then-Attorney General John Ashcroft on March 10, 2004, contrary to what Mr. Gonzales told a Senate panel on Tuesday.Read the full story