Gonzales Fingers Lame-Duck Aide

McNulty responsible for US attorney firings, AG contends
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted May 15, 2007 7:25 PM CDT
Gonzales Fingers Lame-Duck Aide
National Press Club officials remove an unidentified hooded demonstrator at the club in Washington, Tuesday, May 15, 2007, as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was to speak at a news maker event. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)   (Associated Press)

Paul McNulty bears the ultimate responsibility for the US attorney firings, Alberto Gonzales said today, placing the blame for the scandal rocking the Justice Department on its second-highest-ranking official. "He signed off on the names," the AG said. McNulty, who announced yesterday that he'll step down this summer, declined to respond, the AP reported.

A woman who called for the AG to resign interrupted his speech at the National Press Club and was removed. He has outlasted three other high-ranking department officials forced out by the scandal and continued to insist that he won't step down, saying, "At the end of the day, that is a question for the president of the United States." (More Alberto Gonzales stories.)

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