GONZALES AID SAMPSON TESTIFIES ON US ATTORNEYS IN WASHIGNTON
Kyle Sampson, Attorney General Gonzales' former chief of staff, is sworn in prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the firings of eight U.S. Attorneys, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 29, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- D. Kyle Sampson has agreed to testify before Congress about his role in the controversial firing of eight U.S. attorneys by the Bush administration. Sampson, the former chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, said through his lawyer late
WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Justice Department officials began writing memos this month on why they fired U.S. attorneys last year, The Los Angeles Times reported.
WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has apologized to U.S. attorneys under him and appointed an interim chief of staff as pressure builds for him to resign.
WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- The Bush administration Friday backed off claims former White House Counsel Harriet Miers was the only backer of a plan to fire all 93 U.S. attorneys. Tony Snow, President Bush's spokesman, said that it is unclear who originated the plan, CNN reported.
WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- White House e-mails show that Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's top political adviser, discussed firing all 93 U.S. attorneys, ABC News reported Thursday.
WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in a flurry of network news appearances, Wednesday denied the firings of eight U.S. attorneys was political.
WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department used a formula in 2005 to rank the country's 93 U.S. attorneys that placed political allegiance on a par with performance.
WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff rated U.S. attorneys as "bold," "strikeout" and "nothing" in a 2005 memo, a report says.
WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- Kyle Sampson, the veteran chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, has resigned as Congress examines the firing of seven U.S. attorneys. The move was described by the Los Angeles Times as "the first fall-out" of an investigation into the
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