Comment Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.,
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee,
On The Attorney General’s Letter
Regarding July 24, 2007 Testimony
Before The Senate Judiciary Committee
August 1, 2007

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., received the attached letter from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales late today regarding Gonzales’s testimony before the Committee on July 24, 2007.  Below is Chairman Leahy’s comment on the Attorney General’s letter.  

“The Attorney General’s legalistic explanation of his misleading testimony under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week is not what one should expect from the top law enforcement officer of the United States.  It is time for full candor to enforce the law and promote justice, rather than word parsing.

“The Attorney General has until the end of this week to correct and supplement his testimony.  I hope he will take that opportunity to clarify the many issues on which he appears not to have been forthcoming and to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee and the American people the whole truth.”

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