Testimony On AG Scandal: "Decision Makers…Were The Attorney General And The Counsel To The President"

AP
LAURIE KELLMAN
March 29, 2007 02:12 PM

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and President Bush's former counsel approved the firings of eight federal prosecutors, Gonzales' one-time chief of staff told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday.

"I and others made staff recommendations but they were approved and signed off on by the principals," Kyle Sampson said, referring to Gonzales and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers.

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