Report: IG Not Ready To Refer Gonzales to Grand JuryAlberto Gonzales, the former attorney general who oversaw the Justice Department during the firings of nine U.S. attorneys, won’t be presently referred to a grand jury for his role in the affair, but a prosecuter will be appointed to continue investigating the involvement of the Bush administration and other law makers in the firings, according to Washington Post sources familiar with a report expect to be released today.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey is preparing to name a prosecutor from within the DOJ to continue the work of the Offices of Professional Responsibly and the Inspector General, the same sources told the Post.
The report, the product of more than a years worth of investigations into the attorneys’ firings is expected out this morning. It is co-written by the DOJ Inspector General Glenn Fine and the OPR Director H. Marshall Jarrett.
We’ll be bringing you more from the OIG report as soon as it’s released today so check back for updates