Ex-Gonzales no. 2 describes boss's attempted power grab

Michael RostonPublished: Thursday June 7, 2007
The former Deputy Attorney General to John Ashcroft and later Alberto Gonzales described an attempt by the current, embattled Attorney General to centralize power within his office as he began his term at the Justice Department.
James Comey, who served as Deputy Attorney General from 2003 through 2005, described Gonzales' plan to reduce the independence of Comey's office when he became the Attorney General at the beginning of President George W. Bush's second term in office. The plan was presented to him by Kyle Sampson, the ex-Chief of Staff to Gonzales.
"Mr. Sampson explained to me a vision for the operation of the Attorney General’s office and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General that would involve operating those respective staffs as essentially one staff," Comey wrote in responses to questions for the record submitted by members of the House Judiciary Committee. The responses were sent to RAW STORY.
Comey went on to explain how Gonzales's plan to merge his office with Comey's would have eliminated a layer of oversight on the Attorney General's decision-making.

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