Thread: Alberto Gonzales Resigns

This story is just now breaking. We still don't know why Gonzales is resigning, but it's probably from pressure from the Congress.

Gonzales has resigned as attorney general

Official announcement expected later today

BREAKING NEWS
by Steven Lee Myers

Updated: 33 minutes ago
WACO, Tex. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.

Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on Friday, the official said. His decision was not immediately announced, the official added, until after the president invited him and his wife to lunch at his ranch near here.

Mr. Bush has not yet chosen a replacement but will not leave the position open long, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the Attorney General's resignation had not yet been made public.

Mr. Bush had repeatedly stood by Mr. Gonzales, an old friend and colleague from Texas, even as he faced increasing scrutiny for his leadership of the Justice Department, including his role in the dismissals of nine United States attorneys late last year and questions about whether he testified truthfully about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs.

"We're watching a political exercise," Mr. Bush said at a news conference this month, dismissing accusations that the Attorney General had stonewalled or misled a congressional inquiry. "I mean, this is a man who has testified, he's sent thousands of papers up there. There's no proof of wrong."

Mr. Gonzales's resignation is the latest in a series of high-level departures that has reshaped the end of Mr. Bush's second term. Karl Rove, another of Mr. Bush's close circle of aides from Texas, stepped down two weeks ago.

The official said that the decision was Mr. Gonzales's and that the president accepted it grudgingly. At the same time, the official acknowledged that the turmoil over his tenure as Attorney General had made continuing difficult.

"The unfair treatment that he's been on the receiving end of has been a distraction for the department," the official said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20459520/

Good riddance. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Yea, don't leave mad, just leave. My, my..now all we need is for Bush to resign and this whole NWO NAU fiasco will go down in flames..for now. I don't see how Bush can sleep or live with himself. He's no patriot, he's a traitor. Albert abaondoned ship because he knew Congress was on to him and Bush should be worried right now. Has there ever been a 'sinking of the ship' with any other cabinet that compares to this administration? How many have quit Bush? Colon, Rove, Gonzolas, how many Generals, etc, etc...?

ADIOS! ANOTHER INCOMPETENT TRAITOR RESIGNS.

Adios, Al! Trouble is we don't know who Bush is going to appoint in his place. Could be somebody worse, if that's even possible.

Another brazen anchor baby bites the dust!

Maybe bushy boy will hire Arellano to take his place since he needs to surround himself with illegal mexicans and traitors ...

Gonzo is gone.

Originally Posted by PhredE

Good riddance. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!

I read on another forum that it could be Chertoff replacing him. Heaven help us!