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Tue May 15, 2007 at 13:25:03 PM MDT
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( - promoted by Zelph)
The ongoing investigation into the firing of a group of U.S. Attorneys deemed
not loyal enough to President Bush is surely being watched closely by at two
people - Republican Congressman Rick Renzi and his opponent,
Democrat Ellen Simon.
Yesterday,
NPR
reported on the scandals plaguing Renzi and found that support, even among
local Republicans, is hard to find.
Renzi is a key player in the U.S. Attorney firings. In 2006, Renzi, was being
investigated by then-U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton for a
land
deal that netted a Renzi donor over $3 million. Renzi later received
$200,000 from the donor -
an
amount he failed to disclose to the House.
A month before the election,
Renzi's
top aide, Brian Murray, called Charlton's office to inquire about the
investigation in a move that some believe could be taken as
an attempt to delay
the investigation until after the election.
The Wall Street Journal reported that
the
DoJ appeared to be dragging its feet in the investigation saying that
investigators had been trying to get clearance from senior DoJ officials for a
year before the election. In a hilarious move, Renzi told reporters that he
thinks the whole thing was part of
a secret plan by
the Republican controlled Department of Justice to give his seat to a
Democrat. Seriously, we couldn't make that one up.
The Department of Justice scandal continues to unfold as
Deputy
Attorney General Paul McNulty, Alberto Gonzalez's number-two man at the
Department of Justice, resigned on Monday. Renzi, remember, is a key figure in
the U.S. Attorney scandal. This comes just days after
a
Federal judge granted immunity to former DoJ official Monica Goodling.
Goodling,
herself
under investigation by the DoJ's inspector general and ethics office, was
White House liaison for the DoJ, and appears to be responsible for carrying out
much of the political gaming going on at DoJ. Now that Goodling has been granted
immunity, it'll be interesting to see what comes out in further hearings about
Republican manipulation at the DoJ and the Renzi investigation.
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| ellensimon2008 :: Rick Renzi: Key Player in US Attorney Firings |
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