Contribute to the Alberto Gonzales Legal Defense Fund:
Awwww, poor guy. He needs a good lawyer but can't afford to pay for one. Maybe he should have thought about that before he ran the goddamed Department of Justice as a criminal enterprise, lied to Congress and tampering with congressional witnesses.
Disturbing, to say the least, that the former chief law enforcement officer of the US has to get lawyered up to protect himself from an investigation being run by the very Department of Justice that he used to oversee.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402318.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Supporters of former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales have created a trust fund to help pay for his legal expenses, which are mounting in the face of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into whether Gonzales committed perjury or improperly tampered with a congressional witness.
The establishment of a legal defense fund for the nation's former chief law enforcement officer underscores the potential peril confronting Gonzales, who is one of a handful of attorneys general to face potential criminal charges for actions taken in office.
David G. Leitch, a Gonzales friend and general counsel at the Ford Motor Co., wrote in an e-mail solicitation to potential contributors last month that Gonzales is "innocent of any wrongdoing" but does not have the means to pay for his legal defense after a career spent mostly in public service.
"In the hyper-politicized atmosphere that has descended on Washington, an innocent man cannot simply trust that the truth will out," Leitch wrote. "He must engage highly competent legal counsel to represent him. That costs money, money that Al Gonzales doesn't have."
Awwww, poor guy. He needs a good lawyer but can't afford to pay for one. Maybe he should have thought about that before he ran the goddamed Department of Justice as a criminal enterprise, lied to Congress and tampering with congressional witnesses.
Disturbing, to say the least, that the former chief law enforcement officer of the US has to get lawyered up to protect himself from an investigation being run by the very Department of Justice that he used to oversee.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402318.html?hpid=moreheadlines