Schumer’s 10 questions
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- April
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With U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales set to appear at a Sente Judiciary Committee meeting next week, Sen. Charles Schumer has released a list of 10 questions he plans to ask him concerning the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. The questions:
1 – Please provide a full account of all communications regarding Tim Griffin between the Department of Justice and Mr. Rove or aides communicating on Mr. Rove’s behalf.
2- Please provide a full account of all your communications with Mr. Rove regarding the performance or possible dismissal of any United States attorney, and state whether Mr. Rove ever expressed the view that a particular U.S. attorney should be removed from office.
3- Please provide a full account of all your communications with President Bush regarding the performance or possible dismissal of any United States attorney.
4- On what precise date, why, and by whom was Mr. Iglesias placed on the list of U.S. attorneys to be fired?
5- Please give a full account of the meeting about U.S. attorneys on November 27, 2006, including all of your statements at the meeting, and clarify whether you personally approved the dismissal of specific U.S. attorneys on that occasion.
6- How many times, and when, did you discuss the plan or process to dismiss certain U.S. attorneys with any official at your Department, any official at the White House, or any other person? Over what period of time did these discussions occur?
7- How many times, and when, did you discuss whether a specific U.S. attorney should be removed from office with any official at your Department, any official at the White House, or any other person? Over what period of time did these discussions occur?
8- Please describe any and all discussions, with (former Chief of Staff, D. Kyle Sampson) or any other person, which you initiated or participated in while you were Counsel to the President regarding any plan to remove and replace U.S. attorneys during President Bush’s second term.
9- Please provide a full account of communications between any member of the Department of Justice and the White House regarding which specific U.S. attorneys would be asked to resign.
10- What specific statements to Congress by the Deputy Attorney General and other officials were inaccurate?
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