House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Rove »
Posted by: anglemona 3 months, 2 weeks agoThe subpoena issued Thursday orders Rove to testify before the House panel on July 10. He is expected to face questions about the White House's role in firing nine U.S. attorneys in 2006 and the prosecution of former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama, a Democrat.
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SpareChange3 months, 2 weeks ago
yes
throw these Aholes in jail - no one in america is above the law. This has got to end and we have to repair our system.
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AnteUp3 months, 2 weeks ago
Fedquip ~ Alternate responses:
"To the best of my recollection" - that way you didn't lie,
not really. It leaves open the opportunity to change your
testimony as your memory improves.
or
"I'll have to get back to you on that" - that one pretty
much stops the process cold. By the time they get back to
the investigating body, the public isn't watching and a
dozen other hot topics have stolen the headlines.
What you DON'T know WILL hurt you. If only the media
would help keep us informed instead of hindering the process!
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raats66623 months, 2 weeks ago
Well you know what they say...if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck chances are....it's not an elephant.
The simple FACT that the Bush Administration has done EVERYTHING (INCLUDING commune the sentence of Libby) to KEEP ANYONE that knows ANYTHING from saying anything under oath kinds lends credibility that Rove will either NOT show up, NOT say anything (stating Executive Privilege) OR will have amnesia ("I don't recall" or "I can't remember").
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Lurch3 months, 2 weeks ago
Rove is not afraid. He will get a pardon either way.
It is McCain and the RNC who are most afraid.
If Bush can hold off beginning the pardon parade til after November, they believe all the crimes will not become a major factor (negative for McCain/cons) in the November elections for president and Congress.
If Bush is forced to start pardoning absolute crooks and criminals like Rove before the elections, it will look extremely bad for the cons.
The Rove pardon is going to happen either way, and Rove is not a bit scared because he knows he will never, ever be held fully accountable for his crimes. But timing is a major concern for the Bushies.
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AnteUp3 months, 2 weeks ago
automan909 ~
Commie? What time warp did you step out of??
When the Department of Justice refuses - AHEAD of time -
to carry out the will of Congress........forget Socialism,
what happened to the fundamentals of our Democracy?
What puzzles me is why you aren't interested.
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quackpot3 months, 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately some (myself included) have dumped on Mr. Rove prior to his given his version of the story.
However, the Bush administration has done everything that it can (and has tried to do more) to prevent an airing of the truth. People are only left with the visible evidence (which is quite damning).
Mr. Rove needs to accept the summons then march proudly into the hearing and tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
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Leemck023 months, 2 weeks ago
Automan are you inclined to stick your neck out for Karl Rove? If so, please don't refer to anyone else as a commie. This fellow who betrayed our spy under cover and in on the fixing elections; you have the temerity to call someone else a commie?
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Lurch3 months, 2 weeks ago
Typical for righties.
No accountability.
No law applies to RW crooks and criminals.
Wipe yer arses with the Constitution and BOR that millions of much braver Americans than you have paid for in blood.
The funny thing is, voting for McCain the fascist is against your own self-interests, but you let some talking head crony scumbag convince you otherwise. That`s the epitome of gullible.
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Niimki3 months, 2 weeks ago
If we were commies you wouldn't be flapping your mouth as much. You would be trying to figure out were to hide. And he would have already went down in front of a squad of rifles. Also....quit tossing socialism and communism in the same sentence. It just proves you have no idea what the difference is. Take a class or something already.
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raats66623 months, 2 weeks ago
The thing that Bush just DOESN'T get is that if he keeps interfering he's just guaranteeing that these people ARE going to go to jail.
IF he kicks this to the new Administration then the President won't be able to protect them. If at that point they try to 'ignore' the subpoena the NEW Justice Department is going to put them in jail. If they start with the 'Gee I can't remember' Congress is going to have them for contempt.
If Bush would stay out of this Congress can do their part and then Bush can tell the American people F*** Y** one more time by offering complete pardons to everyone involved.
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AnteUp3 months, 2 weeks ago
alakazam ~
That's just for the majority of us. They will happily
bend and twist and mould the law to any configuration
that benefits the cream at the top - ONLY.
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Lurch3 months, 2 weeks ago
Since the Justice Dept is no longer a democratic organization and has just become another corrupt wing of the Republican Party, it is time for Congress to retake its Constitutional Authority to hold the executive accountable.
In the beginning, Congress arrested those like Rove, dragged them before Congress for a trial/hearing, and judged them. They only gave up that right when the Justice Dept was created as a neutral arm of the govt. That neutrality has been co-opted by the Republicans.
Time for Constitutional Authority to be re-instated. Arm the Sergeant-At-Arms and arrest that ******-ant Rove for trial in front of Congress under oath.
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walden33 months, 2 weeks ago
We have to get to the bottom of this. It seems like Republicans used the DOJ for political purposes and imprisoned at least two innocent people (think about that) in order to further politics.
Georgia Thompson in Wisconsin and Don Seigleman in Alabama both appear to have been prosecuted and imprisoned based on politics.
And it isn't just Rove. The whole Republican machine ran advertisements in Alabama and Wisconsin to benefit from these political prosecutions. Republicans are in office because of these political prosecutions. Republicans that might not otherwise have won without the full power of the DOJ behind them.
Now that is scary.
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spkguy3 months, 2 weeks ago
Walden3 Check this out!
There were less subtle methods as well. Among the loyal young conservatives at Justice was one Monica Goodling, who received her law degree from Regent in 1999, spent 2000 doing opposition research for the Republican National Committee, and was appointed to Justice in 2001. By 2006 she had risen to become a White House liaison working directly out of the office of Alberto Gonzales. For much of her tenure, Goodling had a major hiring role at the Justice Department. Her approach was blunt. The New York Times reports that Robin Ashton, a "seasoned criminal prosecutor at the Department of Justice," learned from her boss that she was being passed over for a promised promotion because she had what her boss called "a Monica problem."
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spkguy3 months, 2 weeks ago
The problem was that she "believes you're a Democrat and doesn't feel you can be trusted." Jack Goldsmith, a conservative law professor who became head of the Office of Legal Counsel in 2003, recalled his own interview with a Goodling colleague in his 2007 book about the Bush Administration. He reports that he was asked immediately why he had made an $800 campaign contribution to a law-school colleague who was a Democrat, and that he was also asked, point-blank, "Are you a Republican?" (He was.)
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/03/0081943
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Charlson3 months, 2 weeks ago
If Rove refuses to honor the subpeona the Attorney General has said he will do nothing to arrest, indict or present evidence to a grand jury which is his job. Once long ago, Congress had the power to arrest and trial those who refused their subpeonas. They made a deal to abdicate that power and confer it to the Justice Dept. Maybe now is a good time to take back those powers when our Justice Dept. no longer works for the country and justice but are presidential lackeys.
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raats66623 months, 2 weeks ago
Once long ago, Congress had the power to arrest and trial those who refused their subpeonas. They made a deal to abdicate that power and confer it to the Justice Dept.
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Actually they STILL have the power. They didn't abdicate they just stopped using it. There has been SOME rumors that they are thinking about doing just that.
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Charlson3 months, 2 weeks ago
Under current federal law, it's a criminal offense to refuse to appear before Congress when summoned or to commit perjury before a congressional committee. Such offenders are supposed to be prosecuted by U.S. attorneys. But that's exactly the problem with regard to the DoJ-related subpoenas - the people getting the subpoenas and the people enforcing them all work for the same boss.
Back in 1833, Justice Joseph Story said those powers were utterly necessary "for either house to perform its constitutional functions," a conclusion also reached by the Supreme Court as a whole in 1821. Once a house of Congress finds someone in contempt, it can order its sergeant to go after him. It's really that simple.
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