House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Rove.
By on May 22nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Rove.
The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena today to Karl Rove, to compel him to testify about the politicization of the Justice Department, including his involvement in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys last year and the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. The subpoena comes after Rove’s lawyer, Robert Luskin, wrote the Committee yesterday to say Rove would not testify voluntarily, contrary to what Luskin had indicated last month.
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No More Stern Letters..
INHERENT CONTEMPT for refusal to appear and testify, under oath, in public, with a transcript.
Watch Piggy perjure hisself.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pmIf only the AG would enforce it……
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pmINHERENT CONTEMPT!!!!!!!
Somebody was getting too comfy on Faux…
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:23 pmNow, if they’ve only got the backbone to enforce it. . .
Actually, it would require the Justice Department standing up for Justice, and not simply pandering to the anti-American whims of the Bush Administration. . . .
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:23 pmOh boy, moving forward with the formalities of justice. Will this be a copy of yesterday’s inquisition of the oil company executive? Always nice to engage the process; wouldn’t a result be breathtaking. I won’t hold mine.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:24 pmOh please oh please oh please let this be more than spineless posturing. Please make it stick. And seek capital punishment.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:28 pmNow lets watch the AG not reinforcing the subponea… Both piggs should be in behind bars!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:29 pmAs Lawrence Welk would say – Wunnerful, Wunnerful!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 pmThe real test will be in enforcing the subpoena. The Congress can not wait to see whether the AG would act because we already know that he will not. A date needs to be given and Rove taken into custody as quickly and publicly as possible when he refuses to testify. The inherent contempt power needs to be used.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:31 pmRound one: HJC vs. McTreason Rove
And of course, I expect Rove to resist the subpoena. This will be tug of war bewteen HJC and Rove. Rove is justusing the stall tactic. But, the House committee has the upper hand. I suspect the HJC is trying to have Rove tried by Congress for criminal offense according to contempt of Congress rules.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:32 pmLock the little bastid up in Gitmo and throw away the key!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:36 pmHow Dare They Subpoeana Karl!!! He’s wearing a flag pin!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pmOoops, sorry Flag Pin!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pmI so badly want to see this POS doing a perp walk manacled and in an orange jump suit and flip flops with a “I hope I have a single bed cell?” look on his face!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:43 pmMaybe…. just maybe, we can get a Faux Exclusive from the rover, as he shows us the inside edition of what being someone’s prison be-otch is REALLY like.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:43 pmplease defy the subpoena turd-blossom! i want to see them drag your sorry treasonous ass off to jail!
come on fat boy! DO IT!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:49 pmThe House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena today to Karl Rove.
When informed of the Congressional subpoena, Rove replied, “So?”
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:51 pmCome ON, Karl! If you’re such an innocent, why can’t you talk about what you’ve been up to? And if you claim ‘Executive Privilege,’ you will only be confirming that your boss – the POTUS – was up to his eyeballs in Siegleman, the attorney scandal and all the rest of the crap you’ve been feeding us for eight years. Come ON, Karl. Clear your, ahem…good name…if you can.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:54 pmRove will not show up. I wish he would, but he won’t. At the center of this administrations worst issues is KKKarl Rove. You can bet he is insulated very, very well. I guess a subpoena is a start though.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 pmI expect our Democratic ‘leadership’ to issue a stern letter in the months to come when Rovey doesn’t appear.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 pmRUCerious Says:
INHERENT CONTEMPT for refusal to appear and testify, under oath, in public, with a transcript.
Cool! When they go to arrest Rove, do you think we will see a gun battle between the Capitol police and the Fox News police?
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm#9 JMOHR Says:
The real test will be in enforcing the subpoena. The Congress can not wait to see whether the AG would act because we already know that he will not. A date needs to be given and Rove taken into custody as quickly and publicly as possible when he refuses to testify. The inherent contempt power needs to be used.
JMOHR, can Rove invoke EP even though he doesn’t work for the government anymore? I’m curious.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:03 pmJust be sure to have the trial after january 20, 2009. Then, Bush could not pardon him.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:05 pmIn the meantime, throw his ass in the basement jail, after he does not honor the subpeona for inherent contempt.
Technically, shoeless, they’re the Fox News Security Team, not police. Bildo makes frequent use of their services.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:07 pmI’d be thrilled if I thought this would go anywhere. I’d be overjoyed if I thought that Congress would actually Do Anything about it. However, after almost 8 years of growling as it rolls over, I’m not holding my breath. If anyone in this pathetic excuse for an Administration should go to jail first, its Karl. If Congress actually develops a spine and actually does something you’ll know I appreciate it, ’cause I’ll be singing their praises from the highest mountain! That being said, I’m not dusting off my mountain climbing equipment just yet.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:07 pmImpeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Abu Ben Hussein Leporello.
shoeless, If I hear about such a dustup, I’ll be on the grassy knoll with a few FauxPigs down, not knowing what hit em.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:07 pmI wonder if this will even make a 10 second blurb on Faux Noise tonight….
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 pmWhy am I having de ja vu?
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:09 pmHa!! Rappin Rove…he’s a rapper – he’ll do fine in jail.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:19 pmCome on you people, Do you really believe that Carl der Grosse may be seriously questioned? The right wing may not be strident, but it is always there, and will rise again. Don’t even think for a moment that they’re not there, waiting. We have a problem, and that is to acknowledge that Obama may win, but do not think for a minute it’s a fresh breeze. The Reps. will be hammering. This is not Nov. 1989, it’s today and we have little chance against the forces of Bush-Cheney, and we will watch America rot.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:20 pmraynman Says:
I wonder if this will even make a 10 second blurb on Faux Noise tonight….
Are you kidding! No way! Fox News has no time for silly Congressional subpoenas of treasoners after the following story just broke:
Britney Spears Must Compensate Dad Jamie For Lost Earnings
After he quit his job to look after her…
Thursday 22nd May 2008
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:23 pmA court has ruled that Britney Spears must hand over $10,000 to father Jamie – as compensation for lost earnings after he quit his job to look after her.
Good luck with that. Subpoenaed? HA! Rove is at his favorite gay bar, buying drinks all around, and having a big laugh!
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:30 pmGeez, I can’t decide. Does he look more like Elmer Fudd or Porky Pig?
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:31 pmHere it is – The Rove Subpoena Poster
Rove: Then & Now http://www.djrserv.com/images/roveThenandNow.jpg
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 pmlast sunday on LEFT JAB radio (on XM), the guys were talking about this… one suggested that any D.C. cab driver listening should be on the lookout for kkkarl and if he gets in the cab, lock the doors and drive right to congress, with a heads-up to have the sergeant at arms ready with the cuffs…
how cool would that be…
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:39 pmI wonder how he looks in orange?
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:45 pmBuckie Boy Says:
I wonder how he looks in orange?
He’ll look like the great pumpkin.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:56 pmAny discomfort he feels, even if it’s just as subpoena is better than him strutting like he’s powerful.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:13 pmResponse to comment
No, Rove can do whatever he wants because he is a Republican as long as he uses the appropriate and mystical process of going to Congress, dropping his pants, exposing his arse while chanting: Drop dead, Drop dead, Drop dead; King George has set me free.
No. No individual can exert executive privilege other than the president. Kind of a cheat. The president will send the message to congress that he is asserting the privilege over Rove’s testimony – kinda like spousal privilege or attorney-client privilege. But it is not enough just to assert the privilege. The proper way of doing this is to put Rove before the committee and ask specific questions. Counsel from the White House would then object to certain questions on the grounds that the president is exerting the privilege.
Theoretically, the president could call for an in camera inspection of the documents and review of the testimony to determine whether the privilege applied. This would be done out of the public view. Documents and testimony that was not considered privileged would then go to the committee in open session. Normally a judge would make the decision. It would be interesting to see how this would be done in a Congressional hearing.
The Congress then has two options to enforce its will. First, it can refer contempt charges to the AG who would then take the matter to court. The court would then decide whether the information or conversation sought was privileged. The privilege is not absolute and must give way to certain types of inquiry. Investigation of alleged criminal activity or obstruction of justice would easily pierce the privilege. These issues were already litigated in court during the Watergate investigation.
IN NO CASE CAN ROVE JUST REFUSE TO SHOW UP1
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:05 pmwheredahellsmyflagpin Says:
Geez, I can’t decide. Does he look more like Elmer Fudd or Porky Pig?
Definitely Porky Pig :)~
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:23 pmAlso, per Crooksandliars.com:
Separately, Chairman Conyers recently received a letter from DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) indicating that the office has opened an investigation into allegations of selective prosecution of Siegelman and others.
Just wait. Bush will block the investigation. Recall that he did just that when the OPR tried to investigate and find out what the DOJ lawyers’ positions were on the warrantless wiretapping program. (This, after Bush said that the lawyers were on board with him re: wiretapping).
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 pmThey should go to the Faux Snooze studio where rove the traitor bloviates from and arrest his ass on LIVE TV.
That would be beyond glorious.
“Jimmy Ray, you come in here now, they just took my karl away in handcuffs. What are they doin’ Jimmy Ray? Where is he gogin?”
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:24 pmI am sick and tired of the ACTIVIST PRESIDENT, creatin laws where none exist.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:25 pmZed Lefflin Says:
Whats the big deal all of the US A,s will be wiped out as soon as BHO takes office when his attorney wife swings the big ax and changes all the colors in all the rooms including the walls. Along with everyone from the kitchen cooks to the travel office and 100’s of staffers in between …..duh! Would you really want any Bushies hanging around stinking up the place?
Hell no, I would have the whole place wiped clean down to the studs, because there is NO TELLING what kind of evesdropping devices they left. And I would also clean house TOTALLY at the unconstitutional office of the Secret Sevice. WHat a jok of an organization. It does not even take an oath to defend the Constitution. They are the strong arm of the monied interests of the country having a perpetual hand around the throat of the President to make sure they do not do something “stupid” like Kennedy did, you know like Announcing he was going to go back on the Gold standard, a little while before he was kill-ed, by the lone gunman at a great distance and with the magic bullet.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm#40 JMOHR Says:
The Congress then has two options to enforce its will. First, it can refer contempt charges to the AG who would then take the matter to court. The court would then decide whether the information or conversation sought was privileged. The privilege is not absolute and must give way to certain types of inquiry. Investigation of alleged criminal activity or obstruction of justice would easily pierce the privilege. These issues were already litigated in court during the Watergate investigation.
IN NO CASE CAN ROVE JUST REFUSE TO SHOW UP1
Thank you so much. I knew you would know the answer. I appreciate this. Also, thank you for explaining the process.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 pm.
Dog Boy’s lawyer already told Conyers to F.O.
Now, the House Judiciary gets to take their case to the entire House for an Inherent Contempt vote. Any takers that the Loyal Christians(R) in the House will vote against contempt charges…?
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May 23rd, 2008 at 1:20 amWhat gus wrote on Crooks and Liars: “I am incensed that George Stephanopolous could allow the traitorous K Rove on his show. When I saw KKK’s bovine face I immediately turned ABC off and I may never again view This Week. Rove is a criminal, most recently thumbing his nose at a Congressional subpoena. Our country has endured seven years blighted by the antics of Rove. George S. messed up mightily in his questioning of Clinton and Obama during the last presidential debate. Stupid questions designed for whatever purposes. This, this giving credibility to Rove is beyond acceptable”.
May 25th, 2008 at 3:36 pm