Senators to Gonzales: Try, Try AgainToday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) and ranking member Arlen Specter (R-PA) wrote to Alberto Gonzales asking him to “promptly supplement your testimony of April 19 with answers to those questions for which you responded that you could not recall or did not know.” You can read the full letter here.
By the senators’ “conservative” count, Gonzales failed to provide answers “well over 60 times.” I’m not sure how many questions Gonzales was asked, but it can’t be much more than that.
Noting that despite weeks of preparation, Gonzales did not appear ready to answer a number of key questions at the hearing, the senators wrote:
“We believe the Committee and our investigation would benefit from you searching and refreshing your recollection and your supplementing your testimony by next Friday to provide the answers to the questions you could not recall last Thursday.”
It’s not often that I’m embarrassed for a figure in this administration, but this is one of those times.