Government
May 5, 2007
Former No. 2 at Justice Was Not in on Firings
Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey, second in command to Alberto Gonzales, told lawmakers that, before he left office in mid-2005, he knew nothing of a plan to dismiss U.S. attorneys. He gave high praise to some of the prosecutors who were fired, including Carol Lam of San Diego.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The former second in command to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified Thursday that he identified job performance problems with only one of the eight U.S. attorneys ultimately fired by the Bush administration.
That was Kevin Ryan in San Francisco.
Former Deputy Attorney General...
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