Gonzales resigns

last updated 8 January 2015

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned, The New York Times reported this morning. Gonzales had resisted calls to step down as critics accused him of lying to Congress over the politically tinged firings of federal prosecutors. President Bush had supported Gonzales, and accepted his resignation grudgingly, said a Justice Department official. “The unfair treatment that he’s been on the receiving end of has been a distraction for the department,” the official said.

It’s doubtbul that Bush was all that hesitant to let Gonzales go, said DailyKos. This will take a little heat off the administration. “A replacement hasn’t been named, but we’ll soon find out if the rumors about (Homeland Security Secretary) Michael Chertoff are true.”