With the Justice Department investigation of the U.S. Attorneys scandal wrapped up without charges, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has some big legal bills to pay. So Gonzales called on several Bush administration officials — including former President George W. Bush himself — to help.A number of Bush cabinet officials — including former UN ambassador John Bolton, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, and former Homeland Security chiefs Michael Chertoff and Tom Ridge — signed a letter soliciting donations to the Alberto R. Gonzales Legal Defense Trust. “President and Mrs. Bush have already made substantial gifts to the Judge’s legal expense fund,” they wrote.
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