March 28, 2007

E-Mail Placing Gonzales at DOJ Meeting To Discuss U.S. Attorney Firings

Here is the newly disclosed e-mail placing Alberto Gonzales at an hour-long meeting on Monday, November 27, 2006 in the “AG’s conference room” to discuss U.S. Attorney appointments with top Justice Department aides:
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For visually challenged bloggers with text voice readers, GonzalesWatch.com has transcribed the text of these e-mail images for you below:



OIP

From: Sampson, Kyle
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006
To: Beach, Andrew
Subject: Pls skedMeeting for next Monday.
Re: U.S. Attorney AppointmentsAG, me, Monica, DAG, Moschella, Elston, Battle.
1 hour.
AG’s conference room.
Thx.

Kyle Sampson
Chief of Staff
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
(202) 514-2001 wk.
(202) 305-5289 cell
kyle.sampson@usdoj.govTracking: Recipient Read
Beach, Andrew Read: 11/21/2006 6:54 PM

6 responses to "E-Mail Placing Gonzales at DOJ Meeting To Discuss U.S. Attorney Firings"

  1. # Gonzales Watch - Blawging the U.S. Attorney General » Sampson Contradicts Gonzales: Testifies A.G., White House Counsel Miers Involved pingbacked on March 29th, 2007:

    […] November 21, 2006 e-mail has Gonzales meeting with six of his key aides in the “AG’s conference room” for an hour on Monday, November 27, 2006 to discuss […]

  2. # Gonzales Watch - Blawging the U.S. Attorney General » No Spring Break For Gonzales: U.S. Attorney Prepares For Hearing, Cancels Family Vacation pingbacked on April 2nd, 2007:

    […] His presence at an hour-long meeting to discuss U.S. Attorney appointments on November 27, 2006 was documented in an e-mail from Kyle Sampson, his former Chief of Staff.  The meeting was with Gonzales’ top aides in […]

  3. # Gonzales Watch - Blawging the U.S. Attorney General » Ex-DOJ Senior Aide Tells Investigators Gonzales Was Privy to Firings Memo pingbacked on April 16th, 2007:

    […] never have taken a continuing legal education seminar on electronic evidence and discovery. The e-mail from Kyle Sampson placing Gonzales at a November 27, 2007 meeting to discuss firing U.S. Attorneys with other senor […]

  4. # Gonzales Watch - Blawging the U.S. Attorney General » Gonzales: “I Have No recollection” of Nov. 27th Meeting in His Own Office pingbacked on April 19th, 2007:

    […] tells Sen. Jeff Sessions (Rep. - Ala.) that he has “no recollection” of the November 27, 2006 meeting in his office that an e-mail from Kyle Sampson shows was being held to discuss U.S. Attorney […]

  5. # Gonzales Watch - Blawging the Attorney General » Report: Attorney General Signed Secret March 2006 Order Giving Aides Authority To Hire, Fire DOJ Employees pingbacked on May 1st, 2007:

    […] was Gonzales’ right-hand man inside the Justice Department. It was Sampson who authored the November 21, 2006 e-mail scheduling a meeting in Gonzales’ conference room at the Justice Department to discuss U.S. […]

  6. # Gonzales Watch - Blawging the Attorney General » Gonzales Appoints Melson as Director of Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys pingbacked on May 4th, 2007:

    […] members investigating the U.S. Attorney firings detailed confirmation about Gonzales being at a November 27, 2006 meeting with senior DOJ aides to discuss the U.S. Attorney firings. Battle’s information would refute […]

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