Gonzales hires lawyer in case
Former Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales has hired George Terwilliger, a Washington criminal lawyer, to represent him in investigations of mismanagement of the Justice Department.
Investigators are looking into allegations that Gonzales lied to lawmakers and illegally allowed politics to influence hiring and firing at the department.
Terwilliger was the second-ranking Justice Department official in the early 1990s.
Meanwhile, the Senate Judiciary Committee said that confirmation hearings for Michael Mukasey, President Bush’s nominee to replace Gonzales, would begin Wednesday.
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