Fredo’s Last DayToday at 3 PM, Alberto Gonzales will speak at his farewell ceremony at the Department of Justice. In addition to the dwindling number of remaining Department officials who haven’t resigned, a coterie of law enforcement officials, such as FBI Director Robert Mueller will be there to see him out the door.
The Washington Post reports this morning that Gonzales appears “relieved and happier since announcing his resignation.”
As for what he leaves behind:
Almost every senior Justice Department official has resigned or announced plans to depart this year, leaving the department under the control of more than a dozen acting officials. More than a quarter of the nation’s U.S. attorneys are also temporary appointees, partly because of the mass firings that eventually had repercussions on Gonzales’s tenure.