Truemors
Who is paying for Gonzales’ defense against his Prison Profiteering indictment that was brought against him by a grand jury in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Willacy, Texas last week? Maybe you are.
Taxpayer money is being used to pay for Gonzales’ in a lawsuit alleging that he discriminated against non-Republican applicants in selecting attorneys for federal service. According to the article, only Bush supporters were
See excerpts below from an article published in The Raw Story. A pdf version of the Congressmen’s letter objecting to taxpayers paying for Gonzales’ defense in the lawsuit is available at this link: (.pdf here):
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Lawmakers ask: Why are taxpayers footing Gonzales's legal bills?
Nick Juliano
Published: Monday November 24, 2008
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Lawmakers_ask_Why_are_taxpayers_footing_1124.html
Two members of Congress are demanding answers following revelations that taxpayers are paying up to $24,000 per month to foot former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's legal bills.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who chair the Judiciary committees in their respective chambers, wrote to Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Monday demanding to know the details of the arrangement.
At issue is a lawsuit filed against Gonzales alleging that he oversaw discrimination in two Justice Department programs aimed at recruiting law students into federal service. During his time in office, department officials systematically denied entry to liberal applicants and only admitted Republican supporters.
Administration of the Department of Justice Honor Program and Summer Law Intern Program were two of the many areas in which Gonzales is alleged to have politicized the Department. The politicization scandal, best known for the firing of nine US Attorneys who refused to pursue partisan charges, contributed to Gonzales's resignation in disgrace last year.
Several law students who were denied entry to the honors and intern programs are suing Gonzales, alleging they were unfairly disqualified. The Justice Department is paying Gonzales's bills. (See the full article at the above link.)
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