that he was not briefed properly
Sunday, May 13th, 2007 at 1:29 am by chowbow
He was one of the key figures in meetings and discussions about the shakeup, and investigators from the House and Senate Judiciary committees grilled him for more than eight hours in April.
McNulty, a former U.S. attorney himself, told the Senate Judiciary Committee in February that the firings were performance-related. That provoked an outcry from the ex-officials, some of whom raised allegations that some of the firings were politically motivated.
McNulty later told the committee that he was not briefed properly before that hearing — and blamed his testimony on former aide Monica Goodling, who invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than discuss the matter with Congress. A federal judge Friday approved a House Judiciary Committee request that she be granted immunity from prosecution, allowing it to compel her testimony.
Goodling and another aide, Kyle Sampson, have resigned in connection with the controversy.
“Another resignation won’t make the unanswered questions about the fired U.S. attorneys disappear,” Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said Monday.
“For months, Democrats have been seeking straight answers about
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