Gonzales seems to get deeper into his hole as each day goes by.
The wiretapping issue, tied in with the attempt to get an ill and disoriented Ashcroft to sign off on the tapping while he was hospitalized, was done by Gonzales and Andy Card. This was an item which everyone thought had disappeared a couple of years ago.
Then there was the Washington Post this morning which added even more US Attorneys to those who had originally been considered for firing, most likely for Rove-ish political reasons.
Now it looks like more pressure is coming from the Senate... this just released from the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Senate Democrats said Thursday they will seek a no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over accusations that he carried out President Bush's political agenda at the expense of the Justice Department's independence.
Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California, who have led the investigation into the conduct of White House officials and Gonzales, said the attorney general has been too weakened to run the department.
Just when such a vote might occur in the Senate was uncertain.
Additional Republicans have now come out calling for Alberto's resignation is Senator Hagel. Add him to Sununu, Coburn and McCain... plus House Republican Conference Chair Adam Putman of Florida, and we find the group growing.
Bush and his boys have to be getting edgy about all this.
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