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In Deep: House Members Plan Impeachment Proceedings Against Gonzales

By Benjy Sarlin - July 30, 2007, 2:11PM

Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) plans to up the ante on the Alberto Gonzales controversy, introducing legislation to begin impeachment proceedings against the embattled Attorney General. The resolution, which will be submitted to Congress tomorrow, reads as follows:

Resolved: That the Committee on the Judiciary shall investigate fully whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to impeach Alberto Gonzales for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Vice President Cheney echoed the President's expression of confidence in Gonzales today, calling himself a "big fan" in a radio interview with CBS.

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I like "shall investigate fully."

Posted by Gary Small
July 30, 2007 2:14 PM | Reply | Permalink

Gonzales will have resigned before this resolution gets out of committee.

I'm guessing about August 10.

Are you ready for Attorney General John Yoo?

"There's no telling what new harm Bush might do
if he ever gets back up off the mat.
You have to keep your knee on his windpipe
until the danger is past." -- Garry Trudeau

Posted by Tom Betz
July 30, 2007 2:15 PM | Reply | Permalink

"Vice President Cheney echoed the President's expression of confidence in Gonzales today, calling himself a "big fan" in a radio interview with CBS."

Charles Manson has fans too.

Posted by JohnW1141
July 30, 2007 2:25 PM | Reply | Permalink

I shook my head in puzzlement when I read that the U of CA hired Yoo to teach Law.

Posted by JohnW1141
July 30, 2007 2:27 PM | Reply | Permalink

Gonzales will have resigned before this resolution gets out of committee.

Don't be so sure. Logically, he should have resigned long before now; the fact that he hasn't suggests that (for whatever reason) they still need him, no matter how much of a liability he is.

Posted by Tom Hilton
July 30, 2007 3:04 PM | Reply | Permalink

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