Oregon Reps. Jump On Board Gonzales Impeachment

July 31st 2007 1:58pm

Oregon's four Democratic House members are backing a resolution to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.


The resolution introduced today by Rep. Jay Inslee, a Washington Democrat and former prosecutor, is short and to the point. It accuses Gonzales of "high crimes and misdemeanors," and asks the House Judiciary Committee to investigate whether there are grounds to impeach Bush's old Texas chum and former White House counsel.


Though the resolution doesn't lay out the case against Gonzales, many Portlanders should already be familiar with the charges. Fired federal prosecutors David Iglesias and John McKay made two separate Portland speaking engagements earlier this summer, with McKay railing against his former boss on June 28 at Portland State University.


Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a co-sponsor of Inslee's resolution, admonished the Bush Administration, which has rebuffed Congressional attempts to get testimony on the fired prosecutors from key White House staffers.