"While I have never sought to deceive Congress or the American people, I also know that I created confusion with some of my recent statements about my role in this matter. To be clear: I directed my then-deputy chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, to initiate this process; fully knew that it was occurring; and approved the final recommendations. Sampson periodically updated me on the review. As I recall, his updates were brief, relatively few in number and focused primarily on the review process.
"During those conversations, to my knowledge, I did not make decisions about who should or should not be asked to resign." [Emphasis added]
What do the emphasized words mean?
That Gonzales might have made decisions, but doesn't know if he did or not? That he maybe spaced out during a meeting (hey, who hasn't?) and made some decisions while doodling or checking his messages?
Tuesday is going to be interesting.
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