Following the resignation of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Bronx congressmen Eliot Engel and Jose Serrano took the opportunity to throw out a few parting shots.
During the past several months, Gonzales has been under fire for authorizing the apparently politically-motivated firing of nine U.S attorneys. The country’s first Hispanic Attorney General has also been in the middle of a secret spying program involving eavesdropping on the phone conversations of American citizens.
“His resignation today is welcome news for those who believe in the Constitution and who don’t believe in having a government spying on its own citizens,” Engel said.
“I am relieved that Alberto Gonzales has finally decided to leave the Department of Justice, which he has harmed greatly in his time there,” Serrano added. “Like the Administration he served, he will be remembered for his reckless commitment to politics above fairness.”
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