Abu Gonzalez visits Indianapolis, admits to seeing AP document but refuses comment.
Cross posted from Monticello
Embattled US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez visited Indianapolis to present an anti gang initiative grant to city law enforcement officials and while facing questions from local media admitted to "seeing" a document obtained by the Associated Press earlier this week in which his deputies were granted extraordinary authority to conduct personnel decisions affecting political appointments at the InJustice Department. WISH TV, the local CBS outlet, was told by a Gonzalez staffer that he had seen the document yesterday. From wishtv.com:
The Associated Press obtained a Justice Department order this week in which Gonzales gave two staffers authority to hire and fire more than 100 politically appointed Justice Department employees.
Gonzales said in the morning conference he had not seen the document, but in the afternoon one of his aides told 24-Hour News 8 Gonzales had seen it.
"I was reminded that it was shown to me yesterday. I haven't studied it. Let me study it. And I don't want to comment on it, but I was reminded that it was shown to me. But I didn't study it and so before commenting on it I'd like to have the opportunity to study it and find out what happened here because again I need to look at it."
Gonzales said he will likely comment on the order when he appears in hearings before both the House and Senate next week.
Has a doctor examined him for Alzheimer's? With faulty memory, failing eyesight and short attention span like that he should get checked out. Those are some major symptoms.