Sampson very, very carefully explains Karl Rove’s role in the appointment of GOP oppo research Tim Griffin as US Attorney.
New poll: More Americans think the Democratic Party is the one with “stronger” and “better” leaders.
Sampson describes the day he suggested canning Patrick Fitzgerald.
Memo to Time‘s Rick Stengel: Here’s still more clear evidence that the idea that the public doesn’t want aggressive Dem probes of GOP is totally bogus.
Gotta tell ya. Still waiting to hear this question: If the Department of Justice’s problem with Carol Lam was her immigration enforcement policy, why did no one from the Department of Justice ever raise the issue with Lam? I’d hate to see this hearing end without that very germane question ever being asked.
Sen. Leahy (D-VT) gets an answer out of Sampson on why Iglesias was fired: not aggressive enough pursuing (bogus) voter fraud accusations from Republicans.
Attention all chumps who think that Carol Lam was canned for not following administration immigration enforcement policy. Sampson has just confirmed that for all their deep concern about her border enforcement policy, no one from the DOJ ever raised the issue with Lam. Ever. That’s what Sampson says.
Coming this evening: did the Rumsfeld Pentagon also get a pass on the Cunningham investigation?
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It’s interesting. There’s certainly no question that on balance the Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee have been more critical and aggressive than the Republicans. But most of the latter have at least gone through the motions of taking Sampson’s bad acts seriously. Some I think more than that. Certainly Specter. I’d even say Sessions and Kyl have asked some solid questions. But no one has been as shameless and undignified as Sampson’s former employer, Sen. Hatch (R-UT), even including clear false statements. I mean, his sheer lickspittlehood is bracing in its magnitude and scope.