Another Friday night, another bad news dump by the Bush Dept. of Justice, which has just announced that Monica Goodling is “resigning” tomorrow.
Had she stayed on, Goodling would have been the first senior official in the Dept. of Justice to assert her Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination in United States history, according to many sources including Jonathan Turley on MSNBC’s Countdown last night. She has been called to testify before committees in both houses of Congress regarding the U.S. attorney firings in December, however her lawyer announced she would refuse to answer because she feared she might perjure herself.
Goodling is one of 150 graduates from the law school at a university operated by televangelist Pat Robertson.
One question: Why is her last day a Saturday?
Why is her last day a Saturday?
Because she did not want another week like last week, and the one before.
I could be wrong, but I don’t think a person can plead the fifth before an interrogation. I think she would have to at least wait until they started asking questions…