Alberto Gonzales proven a liar by new documents

March 24, 2007

Washington, D.C. - A newly released document raises more questions Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' participation in the process of firing U.S. attorneys late last year.

A newly released document raises more questions Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' participation in the process of firing U.S. attorneys late last year.

The document -- a page from Gonzales' calendar -- is one of 283 pages released by the Justice Department late Friday.

The document indicates a Nov. 27, 2006, meeting in which the rollout of the general plan for carrying out the dismissals was discussed, Justice Department officials told reporters Friday.

The officials said that the participants in the meeting -- which included Gonzales and his chief of staff, Kyle Sampson -- do not remember if the final list of attorneys to be fired was signed off at the meeting.

The officials contend that Gonzales' attendance at this meeting is not contradictory to what he has previously said -- that he was not involved in the details of the firings or in selecting the specific prosecutors.

Also on Friday, the Justice Department announced that two internal watchdog offices will investigate the firings of the eight U.S. Attorneys "although there is no evidence to suggest" any U.S. attorney was dismissed for improper reasons.