This morning, as we noted, the Washington Post reported that the prosecutor Nora Dannehy has met with defense lawyers and issued subpoenas, through a grand jury, in her investigation into criminal wrongdoing in connection with the US Attorney firings.
And it looks like Alberto Gonzales, the former Attorney General on whose watch the firings occurred, is among the people she’s contacted.
In an interview with TPMmuckraker, Bob Bork Jr., who serves as a spokesman for the ex-AG, initially said that although Gonzales’ lawyer, George Terwilliger III, had reached out to Dannehy at the start of her investigation, he didn’t believe that Dannehy had formally contacted Gonzales or Terwilliger in connection with the probe.
But Bork Jr. called back an hour later to say that he had been mistaken about that. “We won’t be able to talk about any interactions with DOJ,” he now said.
In other words, it would appear, Dannehy has contacted Gonzo and/or his lawyer.
Since DOJ released a report in July into politicized hiring at the department, there has been intense speculation that Gonzales could face perjury charges in connection to his 2007 testimony to Congress.
Tom Carson, a spokesman for Dannehy declined to comment on the progress of the investigation.