Statement By Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey
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"Following a preliminary inquiry into the destruction by CIA personnel of videotapes of detainee interrogations, the Department's National Security Division has recommended,ÃÂ and I have concluded, that there is a basis for initiating a criminal investigation of this matter, and I have taken steps ...
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Michael Mukasey, the man President Bush will nominate Monday morning to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, is not expected to prompt the confirmation battle that Senate Democrats threatened to wage if a more partisan nominee was chosen
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday "mistakes were made" regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and he accepts responsibility for the ordeal.
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Statements by the Bush administration before and after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 on Saddam Hussein's weapons programs:
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President George W. Bush's nomination of Michael Mukasey to be the next U.S. attorney general appeared virtually assured on Friday when two key Democrats declared their support, despite concerns by others about the retired judge's view of torture.
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WASHINGTON, June 11  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Brian Roehrkasse, Acting Director of Public Affairs, U.S.
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Michael B. Mukasey pledged to block political meddling at the Justice Department but did not distance himself from antiterrorism policies.
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey's refusal to discuss the legality of the "waterboarding" interrogation method could raise tensions Wednesday during his scheduled testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Two Democratic senators have vowed to use the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general to extract information from a reluctant White House.
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday promised tougher controls on guns flowing illegally over the U.S. border to Mexico, where drug cartels have murdered 115 people already this month.
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President George W. Bush plans to announce on Monday he has chosen former federal judge Michael Mukasey as his nominee for attorney general, the White House said.
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Issues other than the Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies that Attorney General-nominee Alberto Gonzales discussed at his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.
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President Bush has selected retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey as his new attorney general, sources said yesterday, moving to install a law-and-order conservative at the Justice Department while hoping to avoid a confirmation fight with Senate Democrats.
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The AP needs to take a mulligan on this pronouncement.
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected demands from congressional leaders to share information about the CIA's destruction of detainee interrogation tapes. In a response letter, he reminded people that, "At my confirmation hearing, I testified that I would...resist political pressure and ensure that politics plays no role in cases brought by the Department of Justice."
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The arrest of 14 people in Spain in a suspected Islamist bomb plot has fueled concerns over U.S. security as Bush administration officials are turning their attention to potential election-year threats, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Friday.
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Text of a statement released Saturday by Democrat Barack Obama after the Nevada caucuses: