Comments Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt., Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee),
On Release Of New Information
About Attorney General Gonzales' Involvement
In The Firing Of U.S. Attorneys
March 24, 2007

"This widens the gap between the evolving explanations the Bush Administration has offered and the facts that keep coming to light. Both the White House and the Attorney General have some explaining to do, and the best way to get the truth is testimony on the record and under oath. Our committee will ask the Attorney General to explain these inconsistencies when he testifies under oath on April 17.

"As far as the Attorney General is concerned, the President will have to decide if this is the standard of candor and credibility and competence he wants in his Administration."

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