Gonzales Aide Takes the Fifth -- Attorney Says this is all the Democrats' Fault -- Democratic Meanies Laid "Perjury Traps"
In the nothing to hide in your lying and thieving Bush Administration department, the senior counselor to Attorney General Gonzales is invoking the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than testify about Purgegate before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Do we still have a Fifth Amendment?
If we do still have a Bill of Rights, can the, um, U.S. Government take the Fifth?
Gonzales' aide -- Monica M. Goodling -- is on an "indefinite leave of absence" from the DoJ. Ms. Goodling has been accused of having something to do with the "less than candid" [lying] testimony of Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty.
But according to Ms. Goodling's attorney, it is the Democrats' fault that his client has decided to take the Fifth! The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee has laid a "perjury trap" for Ms. Goodling. And if you don't believe it, just look at what happened to Libby when he got caught in one of those mean old Democratic perjury traps, suggested Ms. Goodling's bizarro attorney. Where do they find these people?
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said it was "disappointing" that Goodling has refused to testify.
"The American people are left to wonder what conduct is at the base of Ms. Goodling's concern that she may incriminate herself in connection with criminal charges if she appears before the committee under oath," Leahy said. [via memeorandum]
And from Lambert at Corrente: Progress: Christianist takes the fifth instead of outright lying
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