House Judiciary Committee secures Rove, Miers testimony on U.S. Attorney scandal.
House Judiciary Committee secures Rove, Miers testimony on U.S. Attorney scandal.
After months of ignoring congressional subpoenas to testify, Karl Rove and Harriet Miers have apparently agreed to discuss the firing of nine U.S. Attorneys with the House Judiciary Committee, the Committee announced this evening. Rove and Miers will submit transcribed depositions under penalty of perjury, and the Committee has reserved the right to have public testimony from the two former Bush aides. The agreement also states that invocations of official privileges must be significantly limited. Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) made the following statement:
I have long said that I would see this matter through to the end and am encouraged that we have finally broken through the Bush Administration’s claims of absolute immunity. This is a victory for the separation of powers and congressional oversight. It is also a vindication of the search for truth. I am determined to have it known whether U.S. Attorneys in the Department of Justice were fired for political reasons, and if so, by whom.
In January, Rove told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that he had no intention of appearing before Congress for his February subpoena date. “Now Mr. Rove, if you need a place to hide out, we have it here at ‘The Factor,’” O’Reilly offered. “We have all kinds of tunnels and places we can put you.”
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March 4th, 2009 at 6:07 pmWe’ll finally get to see “the architect” get the grilling he so richly deserves.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:12 pmAbout fu(king time ; fry this Porky Pig look-alike , lying sack of shit ……..
March 4th, 2009 at 6:13 pmGood! And if Tubby McTreason Rove and Miers decides to bail again, no more chances and arrest them both. No citizen including these two criminals are above the law.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:16 pmI feel so bad for Ned Beatty…
March 4th, 2009 at 6:16 pmThis takes us partway there but not all the way!
Hold out for testimony under oath. No compromises.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:17 pmGood first step. Now will these transcribed depositions be made public? When does the House Judiciary Committee expect to receive them?
March 4th, 2009 at 6:17 pmIf Myers and Rove give conflicting testimony, as I predict they will, they’ll be treated as non-cooperative, and that’s when the gloves really come off.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:18 pmHaven’t we read this news story before? I’ll believe it after I see the transcripts.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:23 pmHow’s that permanent republican majority working out for you there KKKarl?
March 4th, 2009 at 6:24 pmEvery question posed to them will be answered with 5th Amendment statements. There will be nothing coming out of these depositions.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:24 pmI wonder if there is an undisclosed agreement for individual immunity in exchange for testimony. Chances are, yes.
According to Conyers’s press release:
You don’t “reach an agreement” unless you’ve mostly forfeited the ability to prosecute. Conyers may be trumpeting a “vindication of the search for truth,” but it appears justice isn’t going to be vindicated at all.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:25 pmIs that weasel I smell on the barbie?
March 4th, 2009 at 6:29 pmGreat question hanshiro, what is this “agreement”?
March 4th, 2009 at 6:31 pmThe human turdblossom finally gets his day in court! It’s about damn time.
#13 I don’t know about a weasel on the barbie but I sure smell a heffer on the barbie right now.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:31 pmI think it’s clear that some of these attorneys have the “goods” on Rove, particularly the Republican ones – so he’s going down.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:33 pmYou don’t “reach an agreement” unless you’ve mostly forfeited the ability to prosecute. Conyers may be trumpeting a “vindication of the search for truth,” but it appears justice isn’t going to be vindicated at all.
In an agreement reached today between the former Bush administration and Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Karl Rove and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in transcribed depositions under penalty of perjury.
I don’t see it. Either they have been immunized, or not. This last part says not.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:35 pmYou don’t “reach an agreement” unless you’ve mostly forfeited the ability to prosecute.
On whose authority could Conyers guarantee immunity?
I agree the deal needs to be investigated but I think it’s a little premature to decide that Rove and Meyers received a promise of immunity…
March 4th, 2009 at 6:36 pmfine… but am cautiously awaiting the the got you, catch and disappointment as we have all seen for what.. decades?
March 4th, 2009 at 6:36 pmSorry pals, but if you remember the 24/7 “fitzmas” bloggin’ from a few years ago, then you might want to be cautiously optimistic.
If there is one thing this gang of thieves have shown us over and over again, its that at least half of what they say is meant to obscuficate, confuse, and deceive.
Will anything good come out of this? I don’t know, but I would not take anything kkkarl says at this time at face value.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:36 pmI wonder how many times we will hear I dont recall or I hve no recalection in that matter before me bet they got testemony coaching from fredo gonzaleas
March 4th, 2009 at 6:38 pmhad enough Says:
fine… but am cautiously awaiting the the got you, catch and disappointment as we have all seen for what.. decades?
If there is one. This also could be an acknowledgement that they had played out the executive priviledge dodge, and no longer have legal grounds to refuse the subpeona.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:40 pmAnother Joe Says:
Sorry pals, but if you remember the 24/7 “fitzmas” bloggin’ from a few years ago, then you might want to be cautiously optimistic.
Remind me again, who’s now in charge? “Fitzmas” played out during a republican-controlled administration, didn’t it?
If this was mere sideshow, I don’t think Rove would ever have testified, but now, with a democrat in charge of Justice, suddenly a deal is reached. Coincidence?
March 4th, 2009 at 6:46 pmThis is strange territory for Ned Rove. I’m sure he can hear the banjos playing.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:48 pmThey both should be under oath and live in front of the cameras for Americans to watch!
March 4th, 2009 at 6:49 pm17. barfly Says: I don’t see it. Either they have been immunized, or not. This last part says not.
Not quite. If Rove cops to any manner of illegal shenanigans, he walks, providing he’s forthcoming about his role and doesn’t try to twist the true nature of the chronology.
It would be like getting immunity to detail how you pulled off a bank robbery, as long as you didn’t lie about where you got the blueprints or equipment.
Rove won’t serve a day in prison.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:49 pmJust as Rove said, “You have your math, but I have the math, he has his own version of the truth — based on his bible, The End Justifies The Means.
One particular hint that he’s self-enamored is his practice of beginning answers/statements with the command “look,” as though he’s the all-knowing entity imparting wisdom on the lesser mortals. Wonder how that will go over with lawmakers.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:02 pmMany of the crimes Bush and his staff committed, where committed in plain sight. The American people never spoke up, the great experiment failed, and now we are getting what we deserve. I hope I am wrong, but I don’t think so.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:04 pmI am at a loss to understand why a “deal” is necessary to compel their testimony. Who the hell do these people think they are and why are they being treated with such deference? After all, they are already in contempt of congress.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:18 pmI think an intriguing experiment into our government would be to have an elected official document, unbeknownst to anyone else, every detail of every day from election campaign through every year of service.
We would learn so very much about how our government is really run, it would cause a revolution.
One can dream…
March 4th, 2009 at 7:23 pmThe treasonous, Nazi, dough-boy will only lie, take the 5th or simply say, “I don’t recall.”
March 4th, 2009 at 7:26 pmIn January, Rove told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that he had no intention of appearing before Congress for his February subpoena date. “Now Mr. Rove, if you need a place to hide out, we have it here at ‘The Factor,’” O’Reilly offered. “We have all kinds of tunnels and places we can put you.”
Please correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn’t helping someone hide from a Congressional subpoena be a crime? Did Bill-O break the law just by making that offer?
March 4th, 2009 at 7:30 pmIt looks to me like the ‘architect’s’ building is leaking water like a sieve, severely compromising the structural integrity.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:34 pmIt’s going to be difficult for him to break away from all of the testifyin’ he’s been doing on Faux News in order to testify in front of Congress.
Who will Faux News get to bleat “Obama’s a socialist” while KKKarl is testifying under oath?
March 4th, 2009 at 7:39 pmO’Reilly offered. “We have all kinds of tunnels and places we can put you.”
Yeah, like the locker in the back room and we’ll name you “the Gimp”.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:40 pmbarfly
just saying, we will see – Obama administration itself has talked about need to “go forward.”
I hope we see some justice, but don’t want to do the 24/7 “fitzmas” thing again.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:42 pmHUH..rove quote..”I will never make an appearance”…Latest new’s clip..rove and bush madam to make written depositions..Uh..These two item’s are not the same..Where the hell are the handcuff’s and chain’s any one of us would be in for doing the same as rove….Jeebos..Get a F(uking spine dem’s and do your damn job’s..Arrest for not appearing twice, hold with out bail, make them testify, prosacute and jail forever…..P.B.& J
March 4th, 2009 at 7:54 pm“Rove and Miers will submit transcribed depositions under penalty of perjury.”
Karl ‘Turdblossom’ Rove’s transcribed deposition, “I honestly can’t remember anything.”
Miers transcribed deposition, “It was so long ago, I seemed to have forgotten everything.”
March 4th, 2009 at 8:17 pmWitch1 – spot on
Which is why I hope to see justice, but won’t start the “fitzmas” stuff again.
One of today’s “superblogs” built virtually their entire readership with daily speculation about the fitzgerald investigation. There was a great deal of celebration, all based on assumptions that the endless speculation was correct.
The speculation was always wrong, but they made a ton of money off it – a “one-trick” pony.
I’m not saying it was their fault and can’t blame them for taking advantage of the opportunity to build readership.
But it was not helpful to pronounce justice was being done when it was actually being set back and the truth was being deeply buried.
We will see…
March 4th, 2009 at 8:17 pmWhen we hear that Bush is packing for Paraguay, and Cheney for Dubai, I will consider it a go.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:28 pmRove? Miers? Agreed to testify?
Who among us will be surprised in the least to hear, on the morning news of the day they’re scheduled to testify, that they’re nowhere to be found?
Rove? Miers? Testify? I’ll believe that when I see it. And if they do drag their silly arses down there to respond to these subpoenas, it’ll be an instant replay of Abu Gonzo:
“I don’t recall. No, I don’t recall. I cannot recall. No, I don’t recall that.”
March 4th, 2009 at 8:33 pmYet another gutless capitulation to criminals. If anyone from outside the “Village” tried pulling this contempt of Congress crap, we’d have been in jail long ago. Clearly there is a rule of law for the political class and another for the rest of us peasants. Put these jerks on the stand, in public, under oath! When are those sworn to defend the Constitution finally going to find a spine … any spine … and do their freaking duty? This glacial march toward the inevitable prosecution we all know is REQUIRED is effectively a miscarriage of justice. Justice delayed is justice denied.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:48 pmThe scumbag Rove is testifying in private… get that bastard siting in front of a panel, in public and under Oath! The arrest that TRAITOR!
March 4th, 2009 at 9:37 pmSorry mistyped… THEN ARREST that pig!
March 4th, 2009 at 9:39 pmHe and She will say nothing but how wonderful the past 8 years was.
March 4th, 2009 at 9:56 pmAfter making a payment on my crystal ball, I now have the ability to see into the future……Oh! here’s a short version of the transcript:
March 4th, 2009 at 10:03 pmI do not know
I do not recall
I can not remember
I’ll have to take the 5th on that one
Oh! That one falls under executive privilege
I’m not sure
Nope, don’t remember that one either.
Well, got to go! Bye!
Without any testimony on Siegelman (guess they won’t ask and Rove certainly won’t tell) this could be a useless exercise. Why don’t Democrats understand that America wants accountability? That means prosecution for crimes committed. I could try these cases with my eyes closed and I am not even lawyer. We know the facts–evidence is already out in public. What we need it a trial, a jury, and a rope (or at least a cell).
March 4th, 2009 at 10:05 pmquestioneverything, Why wouldn’t Siegelman’s case be brought up? Rove has been subpoenaed in regards to the firing of the Alabama Gov.
March 4th, 2009 at 11:34 pmThe Dems wimped out again. Submitting transcribed depositions is not the same as testifying before Congress and the People.
March 4th, 2009 at 11:36 pmNot this crap again!!
March 4th, 2009 at 11:57 pmRush Limbaugh and Karl Rove look like twins.
March 5th, 2009 at 5:39 am