As Josh noted and The Politico reported last night, there appeared to be an 18-day gap in the emails released by the Justice Department Monday night, a gap right after Alberto Gonzales’ chief of staff Kyle Sampson said that they should run the purge plan by the White House and Karl Rove in particular.
But for what it’s worth, a couple of TPM readers found an email in the gap (between November 15th and December 4th). You can read the email here, in which DoJ official Michael Elston forwards a review document concerning the Nothern District of California to another DoJ employee and asks that it be printed.
The U.S. Attorney for California’s Northern District, Kevin Ryan was ultimately fired because of poor management, the Justice Department has said, an argument apparently supported by the department’s evaluation of Ryan’s performance.
That’s the only document we’ve been able to find in that time period. If anyone has spotted anything else, please let us know in the comments.
Update: And Thinkprogress finds another email. So that’s two.
