NY Observer > Kyle Sampson http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/27657/feed Articles from Observer.com en Nadler Wants More Than Gonzales http://www.observer.com/node/31893 Even before today's testimony by Kyle Sampson, Alberto Gonzales' former chief-of-staff, Democrat Jerrold Nadler of New York was convinced that the attorney general's days were numbered.

"I think it' the end of Gonzales, but I hope it's a lot more," said Nadler earlier this week. The chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties added that he is in favor of issuing subpoenas to the most senior administration officials.

When I asked him about the prospect of the officials fighting the subpoenas and refusing to testify in court, Nadler said "They can't contest every single one. If they do there will be a confrontation." --Jason Horowitz]]> http://www.observer.com/node/31893#comments Politics Alberto Gonzales Jerrold Nadler Kyle Sampson Subcommittee on the Constitution Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:11:59 -0400 Observer Staff 31893 at http://www.observer.com Another Shoe Drops On Gonzales http://www.observer.com/node/31888 As Chuck Schumer predicted , today is proving to be a big one for the investigation into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, as the former chief-of-staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The former top aide, Kyle Sampson told the committee that Gonzales offered inaccurate testimony to Congress when he claimed not to have had a role in the discussion about firing the attorneys. He also said Gonzales was wrong when he said that inaccurate testimony offered by other senior Justice Department officials was a result of them not being sufficiently briefed about the terminations.

''I shared information with anyone who wanted it,'' Sampson said. When Schumer pushed Sampson as to whether that rendered Gonzales' statement false, Sampson said, ''I don't think it's accurate if the statement implies that I intended to mislead the Congress.''

In an interview on with the Observer on Tuesday, Schumer dismissed Sampson as a "longtime Republican Apparatchik."  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/node/31888#comments Politics Alberto Gonzales Charles Schumer Kyle Sampson U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:21:35 -0400 Observer Staff 31888 at http://www.observer.com