Jim Dean Responds to Rep. Jay Inslee's Impeachment Resolution Against Gonzales

Written by: Sheri Divers on Aug 1, 2007 12:56 PM EDT

BURLINGTON, VT – Yesterday, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) introduced a resolution calling on the Judiciary Committee to consider impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Jim Dean, Chair of Democracy for America (DFA), issued the following statement in response to the introduction of this impeachment resolution: 

"One thing is clear.  Alberto Gonzales is no longer fit to serve as the Attorney General of the United States.  If President Bush won't fire him, then Congress must exercise its constitutional authority and impeach the Attorney General.  Democracy for America supports today's resolution calling for the Judiciary Committee to investigate impeachment of the Attorney General.  Only after Gonzales is gone can integrity be restored to the Justice Department."

Democracy for America has been conducting a nationwide Impeach Gonzales campaign for the past 4 months. Our local groups delivered a petition signed by over 80,000 concerned Democracy for America members to the office of Rep. John Conyers, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee and several other pertinent committee members earlier this summer. This petition was a culmination of our Impeach Gonzales campaign including a two minute video Impeach Gonzales II: The Crimes and a series of prominent ads which ran in The Hill, the New York Observer, Detroit Metro Times and the Los Angeles Daily News. Both the film and the ads can be viewed online at www.impeachgonzales.org. 

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