Bush administration U.S. attorney firings controversy/External links: May 2007 - Part 4

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The following are articles, commentary, and live blogging of testimony given by former Justice Department White House liaison Monica Goodling on May 23, 2007, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

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Timeline

For context, see "Talking Points Memo Canned US Attorney Scandal Timeline."

Transcripts

• Transcript: "Opening Statements in House Judiciary Committee Hearing on U.S. Attorney Firings," CQ Transcripts Wire (Washington Post), May 23, 2007.
• Transcript: Monica Goodling's Opening Statement Before the House Judiciary Committee, House Committee on the Judiciary, May 23, 2007; also posted by Talking Points Memo.
• Full Transcript: "Goodling Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee," CQ Transcripts Wire (Washington Post), May 23, 2007.

Video

• Video Highlights of "Goodling's Testimony," The Gavel Blog.
• Also see live blogging postings, many of which contain video clips.

Live Blogging

The BLT: The Blog of the Legal Times

• Jason McLure, "Live from the Monica Hearing", The BLT, May 23, 2007:

• "Morning Wrap"
• "Live From The Monica Hearing"
• "Goodling Appears"
• "Goodling Blames McNulty"
• "Goodling Apologizes for Inappropriate Political Questions"
• "Goodling Gets Lawyerly"
• "Goodling's Contradictions of McNulty, Part 1"
• "Goodling's Contradictions of McNulty, Part 2"
• "On Politics and Immigration Judges"

The Brad Blog

• Brad Friedman, "Goodling Says Dep. Attorney General 'Incomplete or Inaccurate' in Regard to 'Vote Caging' Allegations About Karl Rove Aide. Says DAG Paul McNulty Withheld Knowledge of Tim Griffin's Involvement in Challenging Minority Voter Registration in 2004. Former Rove Aide Griffin Posted to U.S. Attorney Position in Arkansas...," The Brad Blog, May 23, 2007.

Daily Kos

• Liveblog "Master Blog", "Monica Goodling vs. HJC Liveblog," Daily Kos, May 23, 2007. Includes links to all sections.
• Fabian, "Monica Goodling: Transcript Diary," Daily Kos, May 23, 2007.

firedoglake

• Christy Hardin Smith, firedoglake Blog, May 23, 2007:

• Monica Goodling Testimony: Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV
• Recess Thoughts

• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), firedoglake Blog, May 23, 2007:

• Monica Goodling Testimony: Part V; Part VI; Part VII; Part VIII; Part IX

The Gate

• Gwen Glazer, "Goodling Offers Up Red Meat On The Stand," The Gate / National Journal, May 23, 2007.

Think Progress

• Think Progress, May 23, 2007:

• "Goodling pushed out career officials"
• "Goodling Hints Attorney Firings Came From 'White House Judicial Selection Committee'"
• "Goodling Dismisses Voter Supression Tactic Of ‘Caging’ As Just ‘A Direct-Mail Term’"
• "Goodling Admits Her Partisan Hirings Were ‘Illegal’"
• "McNulty responds to Goodling"
• "Did Gonzales Obstruct Justice By Attempting To ‘Shape’ Goodling’s Testimony?"

TPMmuckraker

• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, May 23, 2007:

• "Today's Must Read"
• "Monica Goodling Testifies Before The House"
• "Goodling Opening Statement" (See comments.)
• "Goodling: 'I Don't Know'"
• "Goodling Admits to Political Hiring"
• "Goodling on Dep. AG Testimony"
• "Goodling on Iglesias Firing: Who Knows?"
• "Goodling Admits Other Political Hires"
• "Goodling: Graves Was under Investigation by DoJ"
• "Fire Bogden? Why Not?"
• "It 'Just Snowballed into A Not Good Situation'"
• "Goodling: 'I Can't Give You The Whole White House Story'"
• "GOPer: Regent, Harvard, What's The Difference?"
• "Measuring the Politicization"
• "Goodling: 'We Didn't Talk about What The Reasons Were'"
• "Goodling Testifies about Gonzales Meeting"
• "Leahy: Goodling Testimony 'Confirms Our Worst Fears'"
• "McNulty: I'm No Liar"

Articles & Commentary

Pre-Testimony

• Richard B. Schmidt, "Goodling: a Power player behind Justice's scenes. The former Justice insider, a mystery to many, is set to testify under immunity in Congress on the U.S. attorneys' firings," Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2007.
• Dan Eggen and Carol D. Leonnig, "Officials Describe Interference by Former Gonzales Aide," Washington Post, May 23, 2007.
• Susan Crabtree, "Conyers wants unredacted documents from Goodling in attorney-firing probe," The Hill, May 23, 2007.
• Brett Murphy, "Goodling not complying with documents subpoena without DOJ approval," Jurist, May 23, 2007.
• Laurie Kellman, "Justice official: Ex-Gonzales aide broke down over firings," Associated Press (Chicago Tribune), May 23, 2007.
• Nico Pitney, "Goodling Tried To Block Hiring Of ‘Liberal,’ Leading To Internal Justice Investigation," Think Progress, May 23, 2007.
• Stephen Kaus, "Goodling To Place Hand on Familiar Book: the Bible," The Huffington Post, May 23, 2007.
• looseheadprop, "Older and Wiser Heads," firedoglake, May 23, 2007.

During Testimony

• Lara Jakes Jordan, "Ex-Justice official discusses firings," Associated Press (Boston Globe), May 23, 2007.
• Dan Eggen, "Goodling Says Deputy Attorney General Misled Congress," Washington Post, May 23, 2007.
• James Rowley and Robert Schmidt, "Goodling Accuses Colleague of Misleading Congress (Update3)," Bloomberg News, May 23, 2007.
• "Goodling says deputy attorney general 'not candid' on firings. Denies she played major role in U.S. attorney dismissals," Associated Press (Los Angeles Times), May 23, 2007.
• Maureen Bunyan, "Liaison Says McNulty 'Not Candid' On Firings," WJLA ABC 7 News, May 23, 2007.
• Michael Roston, "Goodling accuses Deputy Attorney General of withholding information from Congress; Admits 'I crossed the line'," The Raw Story, May 23, 2007.
• Klaus Marre, "Goodling: Firings not linked to political payback," The Hill, May 23, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), "How to Spike the Lewis Investigation," The Next Hurrah Blog, May 23, 2007.
• Thomas Ferraro, "Former Gonzales aide admits 'crossing the line'," Reuters (Washington Post), May 23, 2007.
• "David Iglesias on U.S. Attorney Firings, Goodling Testimony. David Iglesias, Former U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, May 23, 2007," Washington Post, May 23, 2007.