August 27, 2007
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA -- Governor Bill Richardson, campaigning today in Iowa, released the following statement regarding the resignation of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
"The resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is long overdue. The President must nominate an Attorney General who is a lawyer for the American people not a political arm of the White House."
Bill Richardson, Governor Bill Richardson Statement on Alberto Gonzales Resignation Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/294903