Monica Goodling Confesses to Shakur Murder

Monica Goodling, former White House liaison for Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, shocked the House Judiciary Committee with a tearful confession that she had been the mystery woman who shot and killed famed rapper Tupak Shakur in 1996. Goodling, who had been granted immunity in exchange for her agreement to waive her fifth amendment privilege and testify about the U.S. Attorney firings, was not previously known to be involved with the shadowy world of hip hop music. In testimony broken frequently by tears, Goodling testified that Shakur had only himself to blame for the Las Vegas shooting: "It was just wrong of Tupac to record those cuts for Death Row. Puffy had bankrolled him and turned him from nothing to a megastar, and then Suge Knight gives him a couple of grand for legal fees, and it's like us back on the east coast just don't matter no more," she said, sobbing loudly. "Something had to be done."

Ms. Goodling's testimony was another chapter in the bitter feud between east coast and west coast rappers, a feud that has led to several other murders, including Biggie Smalls in 1997. Law enforcement had long considered the Smalls and Shakur murders to be related, a charge Ms. Goodling denied. "Oh, that's just silly," she said, in response to a question from Rep. Adam Schiff (D. Cal.), the Judiciary Committee's most knowledgable member regarding west coast rap. "We hit Tupac for being a traitor, and Death Row knew it. He was our guy, so Suge was pissed, but knew he couldn't do nothin'. Biggie was Suge all the way--just cleaning house for too much dissing and too much debt."

Because of the immunity deal, Ms. Goodling cannot be charged with any crimes to which she testifies in these hearings.

Asked for comment, D. Kyle Sampson, who resigned as a result of the U.S. Attorney firings, said "Now that you mention it, she did always seem a little dangerous, kind of street, if you know what I mean. Like, she was the only Deputy AG who came to work every day in a Knicks jersey. You don't get that much from Oral Roberts U grads."

Goodling returns tomorrow to continue her testimony regarding the U.S. Attorney firings, when she is expected to testify that Karl Rove personally hand-picked all of the U.S Attorneys who were to be fired. "He called them all and told them they needed to ease up on republicans and start prosecuting democrats for voter fraud, during election cycles, if possible," Ms. Goodling said. "Anyone who squawked was outta there." Mr. Rove could not be reached for comment.