Alberto Gonzales

Liveblogging President Bush's Statement on the Gonzales Resignation

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Lots and lots of press conferences today. President Bush, at a Waco airport, about to board Air Force One, gave a brief statement on Alberto Gonzales’s resignation as attorney general.
Bush said that he “reluctantly” accepted AGAG’s resignation.
Gonzales was subjected to “months of unfair treatment” that has “created harmful distraction at the Justice Department.”
[Of course, one might argue that Alberto Gonzales has “created harmful distraction at the Justice Department.”]
“[H]is good name has been dragged through the mud for political reasons”
Solicitor General Paul Clement will serve as Acting AG.

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