Rove can testify.. just not under oath

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Hey, take it easy. Give Ray some time to back up his gibberish.

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The problem is that the, eg New Mexico, politicians in the Legislative branch, were trying to influence and intimidate US Attorneys and prosecutions in the Exec branch.

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I can't find link, but the the Repug US Attorneys have prosecuted about 8x more Dems than Repugs these past 6 years.

Lam, who jailed a Repug, got fired.

The Repugs have all over This Great Country of Ours.

[Nbadan]

Source: CNN

A House subcommittee voted today to authorize subpoenas for President Bush's key adviser, Karl Rove, and other top White House aides, in the probe of ousted U.S. attorneys.

CNN

Looks like it's on biatch!

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Source: CNN


CNN

Looks like it's on biatch!

Bush will just deny it and the public will distrust these fools even more than they do now. Can these morons have any less credibility? Well I guess they will after this episode.

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"If you've done nothing wrong, you shouldn't mind being investigated".

Where have we heard this before?

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Purging do ents...

Snow Won’t Comment On 18-Day Gap: ‘I’ve Been Led To Believe There’s A Good Response For It'

Researchers have discovered an 18-day gap in the 3,000 do ents on the U.S. Attorney purge released this week by the Justice Department. The gap extends from mid-November to early December, “which was a critical period as the White House and Justice Department reviewed, then approved, which U.S. attorneys would be fired while also developing a political and communications strategy for countering any fallout from the firings.”

During today’s press briefing, CNN’s Ed Henry noted that one of the last emails before the gap is from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales ex-chief of staff Kyle Sampson to then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers, asking, “Who will determine whether this requires the president’s attention?”

White House spokesman Tony Snow refused to explain the gap, telling reporters, “I’ve been led to believe that there’s a good response for it.” He said President Bush “has no recollection of this ever being raised with him.”

Think Progress

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"18 ... gap"

head, still trying inflate the Exec up to and above pre-Watergate imperial, dictatorial powers, made this gap exactly 18 days to give the SC and the Lege a big fat

REMEMBER WATERGATE!

and

ALL Y'ALL!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_tapes#18.C2.BD_minute_gap_Tape

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Faux news analysis on subpoena power doesn't look good for WH

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Louis Fisher, a cons utional law specialist for the Library of Congress, said that should Conyers decide to go ahead and sign off on subpoenas and issue them, it could be a short time before Rove, Miers or anyone else would testify. The possibility of a contempt charge on someone's resume usually is enough to get them to comply, he said.

Fisher said that while the White House might be considering invoking executive privilege — the broad claim that members of the administration shouldn't have to testify because of cons utional separation of powers between Congress and the executive branch — the White House might have a hard time proving that.

For instance, Miers is no longer a member of the administration, drawing into question how clearly the lines of the executive branch are drawn. He also said that as recently as 2004, the White House backed off executive privilege claims when it allowed then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice to testify under oath before the Sept. 11 Commission.

Fisher said if Miers, Rove or anyone else chose to ignore the subpoenas they could be found in contempt, but the charge first would need to be put before a vote of the full House or Senate.

FoxNews