John Ashcroft, Bush's first Attorney General, spent thousands on drapes to cover neo-classical statutes in the Justice Dept. They were finally removed in 2005.
Drapes removed from Justice Department statue
Posted 6/24/2005 7:10 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — With barely a word about it, workers at the Justice Department Friday removed the blue drapes that have famously covered two scantily clad statues for the past 3 1/2 years.
The drapes, installed in 2002 at a cost of $8,000, allowed then-Attorney General John Ashcroft to speak in the Great Hall without fear of a breast showing up behind him in television or newspaper pictures.
The 12-foot, 6-inch aluminum statues were installed shortly after the building opened in the 1930s.
According the AP article, Ashcroft wasn't the first AG to cover them up:
The first attorney general to use the blue drapery was Republican Richard Thornburgh, attorney general under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He had the drapery put up only for a few occasions when he was appearing in the Great Hall, rather than permanently installed as it was under Ashcroft.
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