BOSTON -- U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that he has no plans to resign during an appearance in Boston Friday, despite the fact that his firing of eight prosecutors is being blasted by Congress.

NewsCenter 5's Pam Cross reported that it was probably the boost the attorney general wanted -- a room of friendly faces in Boston and no questions about how he's running the Justice Department in Washington D.C.

When the roundtable on keeping youngsters safe from predators was over, Gonzales faced reporters and said he wanted to set the record straight.

"I don't recall being involved in deliberations involving the question of whether or not a U.S. attorney should or should not be asked to resign," Gonzales said.

That directly conflicts the testimony of his former chief of staff Kyle Sampson. He was before Congress on Thursday.

"I don't think the attorney general's statement that he was not involved in any discussions of U.S. attorney removals was accurate," Sampson said.

Congress wants to know if eight U.S. attorneys were fired for political reasons. Gonzales said he signed off on recommendations from his aide.

"I believe in truth and accountability," Gonzales said. "At the end of the day, I know what I did. And I know that the motivations for the decisions I made were not based on improper reasons."

Gonzales apparently thinks he can weather the storm, conducting roundtable discussions across the country, which he calls business as usual, Cross reported.