President Bush spoke on his "close friend's" resignation saying that he has reluctantly accepted the resignation, but noted that Gonzales' name had been "dragged through the mud for political reasons."
ブッシュ大統領は「親友の辞任」について、不本意ながら辞任を受け入れると言って言及したが、ゴンザレスの名前は「政治的な理由で世間に恥をさらされた」と指摘した。