Graham: DoJ “Made Up Reasons”

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gave Gonzales an unexpected battering.

I believe you “made up reasons” for the firings, Graham said, and that “some of it [the reasons] sounds good, some of it doesn’t.” Graham said he thought that there had been personality conflicts with many of the fired prosecutors, and that’s why they were actually fired.

“I respectfully disagree,” Gonzales said.

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