What Alberto Gonzales told the press...

John Aravosis blogs on what Alberto Gonzales told the Press at his Press Conference.

Short version.

"I take responsibility. I didn't know what the 110,000 employees of the DoJ were doing. It was all my Chief of Staff D. Kyle Sampson's fault, I didn't know what he was doing, but I take responsiblity. Oh, and I really don't want to go to jail for lying to Congress."

Here is the report on gnzales's Press conference from the Washington Post.

"I acknowledge that mistakes were made here. I accept that responsibility," Gonzales said. He said he did not know the details of the plan to fire the prosecutors, but he defended the dismissals: "I stand by the decision, and I think it was a right decision."