Goodling Accuses McNulty of Misleading Congress

May 23, 2007
Goodling Accuses McNulty of Misleading Congress

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- A former top Justice Department aide denied knowledge
of any improper White House role in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and
accused Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty of misleading Congress about the
dismissals.

Monica Goodling, the former White House liaison for Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales, told the House Judiciary Committee she had no discussions before the
firings with Karl Rove, Bush's top political adviser, or then-White House
Counsel Harriet Miers.

May 9, 2007
Paul J. McNulty, Fourth Justice Department official resigns

What a morning it's been for devotees of the U.S. Attorney scandal. While former Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about ghoulish behavior on the part of then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General himself was throwing under the bus his former deputy, Paul J. McNulty, who resigned under fire yesterday from the Justice Department. Got that? The guy who should be Attorney General was highlighting the backhanded way in which the current Attorney General operated back in 2004. And Gonzales, the guy who has kept his job thanks to blind loyalty on the part of President Bush, was unable and unwilling to show any measure of fealty to his own subordinate, savaging him less than 24 hours after McNulty decided to go.

Gonzales blames his deputy for firings

May 15, 2007
Gonzales blames his deputy for firings

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday he relied on his outgoing deputy to determine which federal prosecutors should be fired last year.

Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, submitted his resignation to Gonzales on Monday, the department announced.

"The recommendations reflected the views of the deputy attorney general. He signed off on the names," Gonzales said while responding to questions at a forum on the Justice Department's Safer Communities Initiative.