Gonzales attended meeting on U.S. attorney firings

Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:53PM EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attended a meeting last November that discussed the imminent enacting of a plan to fire U.S. federal prosecutors, the Justice Department said in documents released on Friday.

The documents showed a much greater involvement for Gonzales than previously acknowledged in the controversial dismissal of eight prosecutors that has prompted calls for his resignation and added to pressure on the Bush administration.

One email dated November 21, 2006 from Gonzales' former chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, set plans for a meeting for November 27 on "U.S. Attorney appointments" and noted it would be held in the attorney general's conference room with Gonzales there.

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