May 30, 2007
DOJ Inspector General Glenn Fine Expands Improper Hiring Probe of Goodling
- Alberto Gonzales
- U.S. Attorney Firings
- White House
- Dept. of Justice
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Sen. Arlen Specter
- Monica Goodling
- Sen. Patrick Leahy
- Inspector General Glenn Fine
Glenn Fine, the Justice Department’s Inspector General, just informed the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning that the joint probe launched by his office and the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility investigating the firings of career U.S. Attorneys is expanding.
Other issues that they now “intend to investigate [include] allegations regarding Monica Goodling’s and other’s actions in DOJ hiring and personnel decisions; allegations concerning hiring for the DOJ Honros Program and Law School Intern Program; and allegations concerning hiring practices in the DOJ Civil Rights Divisions.” (Inset, below)
That means the question asked by Gonzales Watch several weeks ago — whether Goodling’s limited grant of immunity would have any affect on the DOJ’s investigation of her — has just been answered. The answer is a resounding “No.”
This should please President Bush, who said at a press conference last week that the “internal investigation taking place at the Justice Department…will be an exhaustive investigation. And if there’s wrongdoing, it will be taken care of.”
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