AG Refuses Probe of Bush Aides

AP via SFGate ^ | 2/29/8 | LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer

[SmithL]

Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected referring the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey says they committed no crime.

Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers were right in refusing to provide Congress White House documents or testify about the firings of federal prosecutors.

"The department will not bring the congressional contempt citations before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute Mr. Bolten or Ms. Miers," Mukasey wrote House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The House voted two weeks ago to cite Bolten and Mukasey for contempt of Congress . . .

[SmithL]

...and Nancy Pelosi is deeply disturbed.

[muawiyah]

Receiving the message from the AG Nancy jaw dropped (on the floor).

Stitches loose on something.

[Enchante]

"The House voted two weeks ago to cite Bolten and Mukasey for contempt of Congress and seek a grand jury investigation."

Whoops! Big screw-up by the MSM, that should read "Bolten and Miers" were cited...... don't think they've tried to cite Mukasey.... YET..... though after today Queen Pelosi must be spitting bullets at the AG and will try just about anything.

[geo40xyz]

Ok, I set up our own CDOJ (Congress Department of Justice)

[AmericaUnited]

Leave it to a former judge to have a set...

[rfp1234]

HA HA! Up yours, Leaky Senator.

[rfp1234]

...and Congressman Waxperson, up your nostril too.

[Postman]

With all due respect, shouldn’t that be Congressthing Waxnostrils?

[Hebrews 11:6]

Any District Judge ought to know that an Appeals Court would immediately throw out any such suit on appeal, because it would spark a constitutional crisis. Therefore, any judge permitting such a suit to go forward would be doing so solely as a political act.

What would prevent the Administration from countersuing Pelosi, hmmmm?

[hinckley buzzard]

What would prevent the Administration from countersuing Pelosi, hmmmm?

You mean...this administration? Fahgedduhboudit.

[Atchafalaya]

Bet that got Nostrildoofus’ panties in a wad.

[Hoodat]

Pelosi would first have to find an actual law that was violated.

[MinuteGal]

Looks like the new Attorney General has some cajones. Thank the good Lord that Rip Van Gonzales is outta there.

I hope I'm right in my belief that AG Mukasey will show the spine that Bush lacks in the waning days of the administration. Every bit of mud available will be flung at the Justice Department by the Dems between now and January when the President leaves office.

Bush is now a spent battery except for the ME. We desperately need some strong, highly-placed GOP office holders and appointees in the administration to step into the vacuum and take up the slack....and to hold off the barbarians at the gate till election day.

Mukasey may just turn out to be the last of the few remaining sluggers in the depleted Republican bench.

Leni

[Atchafalaya]

Looks like the blind hog finally found an acorn in Mukasey; apparently “back down” is not in his vacabulary-great news.

[Albion Wilde]

Looks like the new Attorney General has some cajones. Thank the good Lord that Rip Van Gonzales is outta there.

The day they round up some of those ANSWER, Anarchist and CodePink clowns for treason will be the day I'm looking forward to.