Pelosi foresees prosecution of senior Bush administration officials.
Pelosi foresees prosecution of senior Bush administration officials.
Last month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she is open to pursuing investigations of abuses by the Bush Justice Department. “I want to see the truth come forth,” she said. But in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Pelosi went a step further, saying that she believes some senior Bush officials — such as Harriet Miers, Josh Bolten, and Karl Rove — will be prosecuted:
RS: Do you foresee a scenario in which senior members of the Bush administration are actually prosecuted?
PELOSI: I think so. The American people deserve answers. Where we are now, in terms of prosecution of White House staff, is that we have charged them with contempt of Congress. We’re talking about Harriet Miers, Josh Bolten and Karl Rove. The natural course of events from here is that the speaker will determine what charge we’re going to pursue, because there are more than one. Under Bush, the Justice Department told the U.S. attorney not to prosecute the case. So the beat goes on — it just gets worse. We don’t know what will happen, because they’ve delayed it a long time.
Pelosi later said that “we should have a full examination” of the Bush administration’s alleged crimes, adding that what Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) “is putting forward, in terms of a truth-and-reconciliation committee, has always been helpful. It was helpful in South Africa, [and] it was helpful in Rwanda.”
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Gee… did I just hear BillO’s head ’sploding in the distance??
February 19th, 2009 at 9:52 amNancy must have picked up a table this week.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:52 amI wonder if Dick will invite her to go duck hunting any time soon?
February 19th, 2009 at 9:53 amPerhaps a conference table is better than a coffee table. Might hurt more.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:53 amI would immensely enjoy Nancy slamming the gavel down and directing these assclowns to the nearest prison.
KKKarl, I’m talking to you. To see you imprisoned by the woman you’ve badmouthed for years would not only be justice, it would be cause for a celebration across the entire USA.
You’re such a girlieboy you’d probably end up sharing a cell with Harriet!
February 19th, 2009 at 10:00 amMaybe she’ll quit being a vege-table.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:01 amNANCY CAN JOIN THEM
February 19th, 2009 at 10:05 amIf I recall correctly, didn’t Sean Hannity say it would be worth dying to stop Pelosi from “taking over the country”? Whatever that last bit means…
Hey… Klannity… what’cha gonna do? Huh?
February 19th, 2009 at 10:07 amGood one, TRoS!
February 19th, 2009 at 10:10 amKlannity & Klannity, rabid talking head & political martyr?
caption…
quack… quack quack….
February 19th, 2009 at 10:11 amLOL
February 19th, 2009 at 10:14 amI hope karl’s attorney throws him under the bus.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:14 amNance, wouldn’t this have been more appropriate while they were still in office? When it could have actually made a difference?
Blow job, war crimes. Potato, potato?
PEACE
February 19th, 2009 at 10:15 amOK, I’m hearing words. Any chance I get to see some action to go with them?
February 19th, 2009 at 10:17 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
Any chance I get to see some action to go with them?
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At the very least, I think we can expect a sternly worded letter any day now…
February 19th, 2009 at 10:19 amGood Morning youngster’s. so palosi is going to do her job now.? We are way past impeachment time nasty nancy, what’s up, could it be the statute of limitation’s is about up and safe for you to come out from under the G.D. table.?..We need some honest new blood in D.C…Let me refrase that we need lot’s of new rep’s in the house and senate and start by removing rambling reid and pissy palosi….P.B. & J.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:20 amBush’s Pelo-chia-pet. That was your job, Nancy. Why didn’t you do it?
February 19th, 2009 at 10:22 amMy what a change in her rhetoric. I will believe it when I see it.
The President can encourage it. But legally speaking the mandate is already written into the Constitution. It is the law. If Ford had not pardoned all that wrong doing, and Clinton had pushed for prosecution of Reagan and the rest for Iran Contra etc, we would not being contending with what Bush has done. If there had been accountability, no one believes for a minute that Bush and his criminal regime would have tried doing what they did. They were able to do it because the former Presidents that broke the law were not punished.
Obama is not the one who will say if REAL INVESTIGATIONS are done. It is already mandated by law. And as a Constitutional lawyer he knows this. It is up to what is left of the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute, not the President.
As I said, I will believe it when I see it happen. The Democrats lack spine, I won’t hold my breath. They can’t take Republican heat, they always fold.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:24 amIn Nancy’s defense…
***cough…***
I do recall AG Muky refusing to enforce subpoenas…
When Botch still controlled the DoJ and Muky was willing to NOT ENFORCE the law… it was a bit tricky…
“Course, Muky has slithered back off to his chosen hiding spot and Botch no longer controls the DoJ…
February 19th, 2009 at 10:25 amAnyone holding their breath?
February 19th, 2009 at 10:26 amWhile I’m happy to hear that Pelosi ha changed her tune, it rings rather hollow now.
I’ll believe it when I see some action.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:27 amspencers mom Says:
Nance, wouldn’t this have been more appropriate while they were still in office? When it could have actually made a difference?
misshusseinmolly Says:
OK, I’m hearing words. Any chance I get to see some action to go with them?
stateofthedivision Says:
February 19th, 2009 at 10:29 amBush’s Pelo-chia-pet. That was your job, Nancy. Why didn’t you do it?
All of the above. And if BushCo crimes bear comparison with South Africa and Rwanda, then why in the name of common sense didn’t you TRY TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION???? Did the smell of the coffee–and the coffins in/from Iraq–FINALLY wake you up?
Time is running out tik tak tik tak tik tak
February 19th, 2009 at 10:29 amAs pleased as I am to see Pelosi say this, it is meaningless unless (or until) she and house Dems (and Senate Dems as well) take action. Get your act together, Madame Speaker.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:32 amI will be among the many, many who will welcome that event – but until I see it, I won’t believe it.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:38 amZooey says
While I’m happy to hear that Pelosi ha changed her tune, it rings rather hollow now.
I’ll believe it when I see some action.
EXACTLY !
February 19th, 2009 at 10:40 amCould it be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) may have been given a subtle warning that she should consider the possibility of her own prosecution?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89260
Pope to Pelosi: Catholic politicians must oppose abortion
Congressional leader responds with family photographs
Not a very Democratic lecture from the pope, was it?
February 19th, 2009 at 10:55 amThe Pope is nearly as far from being a Democrat as bit is from spiritual maturity.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:00 amMaybe there is a valuable use for Guantanamo after all.
Somehow seeing Darth hooded & in an orange jumpsuit would make me very happy. Karma sucks, doesn’t it?
February 19th, 2009 at 11:04 amtelestai2 Says:
And if BushCo crimes bear comparison with South Africa and Rwanda, then why in the name of common sense didn’t you TRY TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION???? Did the smell of the coffee–and the coffins in/from Iraq–FINALLY wake you up?
BINGO.
The utter hypocrisy of doing absolutely nothing to stop Bush when she had the power to do so because it was bad politics for the Democratic Party and now, after the fact, after they have won their elections, to start comparing Bush policy to Apartheid and Genocide and saying maybe we’ll act now? I mean, if it is like Rwanda, wouldn’t you want to do all you can no matter what the political cost?
Amazing cynicism. Personally, the comparsion of Bush to Rwanda is completely absurd on its face, butif you actually believe it, why did you do nothing?
It is very hard to not despise Pelosi. Sorry.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:10 ambitblt Says:
Could it be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) may have been given a subtle warning that she should consider the possibility of her own prosecution?
I had no idea you were Roman Catholic, bit. You’ve come across as more of a Holy Roller type.
Do you seriously think anyone here is interested in linked stories from worldnetdaily? Crediiblity = 0. Or less.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:12 amNo apologies necessary, Keltoi. I agree with your puzzlement over the comparison to Rwanda.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:13 amGood it’s about time! I can’t wait until something is actually done about this situation. The responsibility of bringing charges against Bush and others that allowed torture, wire tapping, etc. shouldn’t just rest on President Obama’s shoulders. All of the shyte happened before he was sworn into office. Glad to see Pelosi taking some ownership when it comes to prosecuting Bush’s cronies for these offenses.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:16 amMr. Philby Says:
“I think pres. pelosi etc…”
sez you…
February 19th, 2009 at 11:17 amLOL
Mr. Philby Says:
worldnetdaily? Crediiblity = 0. Or less.
Says you?
Yup. Jerome Corsi is a “staff writer.” ’nuff said.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:19 amI’m not holding my breath on this one. I’ll believe it when I see it.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:21 amAfter blocking every attempt to hold Bush accountable for his war crimes and willful violations of the Constitution since 2006, now she thinks that maybe some day Bush might have to answer to the Law???
Why is she Speaker, when she announced ahead of time that she had pre-agreed on to be an accomplice in the Bush Administration’s crimes against humanity and egregious violations of the Constitution?
The law is very clear, if you help a criminal in his crime, you too are accountable to the law. Pelosi, by adamantly refusing to uphold her Constitutional duty and actively helping the Bush Administration get away with mass murder, she too is culpable under the Constitution and the Law.
Why is she Speaker, because she is under the direct control of the Republican Leadership. What other possible reason could there be for her o ignore her constituents demands for the Rule of Law to be upheld?
February 19th, 2009 at 11:31 amI seem to recall 49erdem trying to rip me a new one because I called Pelosi what she really is. Hmmmm seems I have been right all these years.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:32 amShe is complicit for not acting when it was timely.
All bark, no bite.
Mr. Philby Says:
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worldnetdaily? Crediiblity = 0. Or less.
Says you?
February 19th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Actually , says everyone , save the last vestiges of the retarded Chimpy Adoration Brigade ; which obviously includes you …….
February 19th, 2009 at 11:32 amAh for the good old days when a subpoena meant more than a party invitation. Or when enforcing the law was not a ‘choice’.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:34 amHow about going for the top criminals?
Bush/Cheney WAR CRIMES trials 09
Nothing more will make me smile.
The Bush depression finally got me as a victim…
…where I work we had a 25% pay cut after 911…
…yesterday I got an additional 35% pay cut…
…which means I lose my house…
…and have to move to someplace under a thousand a month.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:47 ambitblt Says:
Could it be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) may have been given a subtle warning that she should consider the possibility of her own prosecution?
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WTF does this mean?
Nobody expects… The Spanish Inquisition!!!!
February 19th, 2009 at 11:48 amMr. Philby Says:
Are you guys getting your “news” from rolling stone, now?
“Karl Rove will be prosecuted.”
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Ummm… Philby? Old boy?
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/10/rove-iowa/
Rove:I haven’t been indicted yet, but I fully expect to be by the end of the year.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:52 amThere’s plenty of blame to go around but only Philby here thinks Bush and Rove are innocent.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pmPelosi lost me two years ago with “impeachment is off the table.” I, like many others, will believe it when I see it.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:05 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
bitblt Says:
Could it be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) may have been given a subtle warning that she should consider the possibility of her own prosecution?
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WTF does this mean?
Nobody expects… The Spanish Inquisition!!!!
February 19th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Spanish Inquisition? Probably not. California Inquisition? We can only hope.
If bit were called in by the leadership of the congregation where he attends and told that his actions were inconsistent with the beliefs of the congregation, he would take it as something very serious.
Apparently Madame Speaker doesn’t take the Pope’s warning to be very serious at all. You would have known that if you had read the paragraph from the referenced link.
From the same WND link in the above bitblt post…
February 19th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Don’t worry, Righties – it’ll only hurt a little bit.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:11 pmin the above bitblt post… “a Catholic website”
Self-flagellation.org
February 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pmbitblt Says:
Could it be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) may have been given a subtle warning that she should consider the possibility of her own prosecution?
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I repeat… WTF does this mean?
You’ll have to excuse… the Pope has NO authority, as far as I’m concerned.
I could care less what the old man wearing a dress and funny hat has to say about anything.
I talked BY a church the other day, but haven’t been INSIDE one in decades…
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If bit were called in by the leadership of the congregation where he attends and told that his actions were inconsistent with the beliefs of the congregation, he would take it as something very serious.
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If you choose to wet yourself over what the Pope says, that’s your business.
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Apparently Madame Speaker doesn’t take the Pope’s warning to be very serious at all. You would have known that if you had read the paragraph from the referenced link.
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Did red the paragraph… remind me one more time… what sort of binding legal authority does the Pope have in the US?
You did mention “prosecution” above…
February 19th, 2009 at 12:18 pmNevar Says:
in the above bitblt post… “a Catholic website”
Self-flagellation.org
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“www.masturbationismassmurder.org”?
February 19th, 2009 at 12:19 pmWhere’s the rest of the Hystericon Militia??
Gathering their daily talking points from The Druggie and The Lipless Wonderboy??
Could this be the thread that surpasses yesterday’s 400+?
I’ll give them a little incentive, thus:
HOORAY FOR NANCY!!!!!!
HOORAY FOR ERIC HOLDER!!!!
February 19th, 2009 at 12:27 pmI will not hold my breath on what palosi will or will not do given her track record of having a rubber band for a spine…Let me say it do’s appear she and reid were “acting in concert” with the bush cabal and that may be why or if this go’s forward…P.B.& J
February 19th, 2009 at 12:28 pmI personally could give the proverbial rat’s ass what the Pope thinks. Let’s hope that Pelosi is actually aware of the separation of church and state, and doesn’t give any credence to what an old man in a white robe wants her to do, in violation of her oath to uphold our Constitution.
And, I know I am in the minority here, but how exactly do all of you think impeachment was going to get off the ground while Bush and his DOJ were in power? The sensible thing to do was to wait until prosecution had a chance of success. Yes, it would have been a grand gesture, but only a gesture, whereas now we might actually see some jail time for this scum.
I am as frustrated as most people about how long it takes, but the reward of actually putting Rove in jail should be worth the wait.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:33 pmImpeach Pelosi for not doing her duty of impeaching war criminals.
She needs to investigated for her role as well.
What did she get out of allowing the illegal wiretapping, the torture, the wars for profits based on an obvious False Flag incident – 911.
I believe she may be a war criminal as well.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:34 pmSKdeA Says:
I personally could give the proverbial rat’s ass what the Pope thinks.
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I’ll see your rat’s ass and raise you a wooden nickel, SkdeA…
February 19th, 2009 at 12:39 pmctcadguy Says:
I believe she may be a war criminal as well.
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Well… that would be the crux of the issue, huh?
By saner definitions, a huge percentage of the Botch Admin, plus both of chambers of Congress, including many Dems, could be eligible for a free trip to the hague, huh?
February 19th, 2009 at 12:43 pmI don’t understand who will bring any charges against the criminals that ran the country for the last eight years. Will it be a Congressional Committee, or the AG? Why is pelosi even talking about this now? Conyers, Waxman, Wexler, and Kusinich tried while the crimials were in office, but she said, after the 06 election, that impeachment was off the table. pelosi apparently even threatened Conyers with loss of his chairmanship if he pushed for impeachment. One of the things that led to the Dems gaining so much in the House was the idea that there would be impeachment. Our Constitution does not have any section calling for a truth & reconciliation process. I don’t want that; it is nonsense and it probably didn’t work all that well in SA or Rwanda. Not everyone came forward. I want some real prosecutions so we have something for future generations to look back to solve their problems should this arise again.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:49 pmPelosi… this dog barks and barks but does not bite! Besides, she knew exactly what was going on and she remained silent.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:54 pmAnyone know what’s with all the technical difficulties in the last half hour or so? First I was getting a blank page when I tried to go to this article from the TP main page. Then I saw the same story in Froomkin’s blog, clicked the Rolling Stone link, and got a page with the title and even the comments but not the text of the article itself. Then even the TP main page started coming up blank. Now I can get back into TP and even get to this article (here I am!) but the Rolling Stone link from here (to the “printer friendly” version in this case) again brings up a gutted page:
That’s all that’s there, except for a couple of ads before and after.
Is Rolling Stone’s story now off the table?
February 19th, 2009 at 1:50 pm.
Sorry Nancy,
A dollar short, and a few years too late.
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February 19th, 2009 at 1:52 pmDon’t like it?
Shoulda voted for Nader, then, so we could have ANOTHER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
Nitpickers ought to feel fortunate that we got a D in the WH and any kind of majority at all in Congress.
Must be too young to understand. The elder among us have dealt with the bitter heartbreak of seeing the R’s win on lies over and over and over again, and we appreciate what we’ve got now, rather than pissing and moaning about it.
How many of you nitpickers voted for Nader in ‘00 and “won” us 8 years of Dummy?
Keep handing Righty ammo – you’ll “Carterize” Obama before the year is out.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:06 pmWhen we have ‘leadership’ in Congress decided on by a popularity contest, we should be surprised we get a Prom Queen?
February 19th, 2009 at 2:16 pmbitblt Says:
Dont insult our intelligence with WorldNUTdaily. Only sewer dwelling morons even go to that site much less take it seriously. Pelosi has done NOTHING to be prosecuted for you idiot. Why do you waste our time with your abject stupidity? Dont you get enough embarassment in your life just being you? Do you have to come here and parade your ignorance too?
February 19th, 2009 at 2:32 pmPhilby
Of course you believe that. It is what you have been INSTRUCTED to beleive by the screechmonkeys that do your thinking for you. OF course it only shows just how astonishingly stupid you are but hey. Thanks for the free clown show
February 19th, 2009 at 2:34 pmbitblt Says:
If bit were called in by the leadership of the congregation where he attends and told that his actions were inconsistent with the beliefs of the congregation, he would take it as something very serious.
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Of COURSE you would bit. You are a MORON that is used to having others do your thinking for you. If RUSH told you the sky was green you would be in here in a flash telling us all about the green sky. Most Americans arent as stupid nor as brainwashed as YOU though
February 19th, 2009 at 2:38 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
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ctcadguy Says:
I believe she may be a war criminal as well.
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Well… that would be the crux of the issue, huh?
By saner definitions, a huge percentage of the Botch Admin, plus both of chambers of Congress, including many Dems, could be eligible for a free trip to the hague, huh?
Let us investigate and find out
We just do not know
Perhaps Congressmen in the know did not want to get an Anthrax letter from that US Lab. Who sent those letters – Cheney perhaps
February 19th, 2009 at 2:39 pmLet the Investigations begin!
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:25 pmIt seems to me we have much more pressing issues at hand now than wasting time pouting about what happened in the past. It’s done with, that administration is gone and there is a new one. Showing that it can be done better without everything the old administration did wrong would be the best way to prosecute them. People did not elect these people to waste time mulling over what has already been done and is over with.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:18 pmHahahahahaha…
You foaming-at-the-mouth lefties are DREAMING if you think that there are ANY crimes that can be “prosecuted.”
PERSECUTED (politically), yes. Prosecuted, no.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:26 pmAmen, Hungry…
February 19th, 2009 at 8:27 pmIf The Dems want PROSECUTION, let it start with Senator Dodd and his sweetheart deal with Nationwide Mortgage.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:27 pmsacopenapa,
Amazing… I actually agree with you… that Ms. Pelosi is a barking moonbat.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:29 pmOoooooh, I see the “Pineapple Princess” isn’t very popular here! Hear, Hear!
February 19th, 2009 at 8:31 pmHungryHungryHippo Says:
It seems to me we have much more pressing issues at hand now than wasting time pouting about what happened in the past. It’s done with, that administration is gone and there is a new one. Showing that it can be done better without everything the old administration did wrong would be the best way to prosecute them. People did not elect these people to waste time mulling over what has already been done and is over with.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
This comment is wrong on so many levels. Let’s just start with the idea that the United States is a nation of laws, starting with the Constitution and including any and all international treaties that have been signed over our history. Members of the Bush administration disregarded or broke several of those laws. The effects of their acts on this country and the world will be felt for years. It is NOT “done with.” In order for the U.S. to again become a nation of laws, and a true world leader again, the perpetrators of those unlawful acts must be prosecuted. Our laws demand it.
The “much more pressing issues at hand” are issues that were caused by or under Bush’s “watch.” We’re too busy cleaning up his messes to be ‘pouting’. I suspect that you would be singing a different tune had a Democratic President done one-tenth of the damage that Bush has done.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:15 pmTim Vaculik Says:
My GOD Timmeh. I cant believe you are actually getting STUPIDER. I wouldnt have thought that possible. You do know you are a lying ignorant piece of garbage dont you? Isnt it time for Rush to tell you what you think today?
February 19th, 2009 at 10:45 pmpelosi alone put the kibosh on protecting the American people from 2 years of bush regime criminality and malfeasance, where she had maximum Constitutional authority to determine the truth. So what now is this spittle she’s drooling now that the bush malefactors have done their full damage?
February 19th, 2009 at 11:17 pmFrom her mouth to God’s ears…
February 20th, 2009 at 2:06 amHell yeah let’s prosecute Bush admin officials. Then when we’re done there, let’s prosecute Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.
February 25th, 2009 at 5:44 pmTim Vaculik, you’ve returned. Dude did you really admit you were gay the other night? That’s the rumor ’round the campfire. That’s a big step forward for you man I’m really happy for you.
February 25th, 2009 at 5:46 pm