Rove, Miers to Testify in Prosecutor Firings

AP via ABC News ^ | March 04, 2009 | By NEDRA PICKLER

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Former top Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers agreed Wednesday to testify before Congress under oath about the firings of U.S. attorneys, a controversy involving allegations of political interference that grew into a constitutional standoff between two branches of government.

The Bush White House had fought attempts to force Rove and Miers to testify, and the agreement — steered by aides to President Barack Obama — ended that dispute. Both the White House and lawmakers, especially now that Democrat Obama has replaced Republican George W. Bush — were leery of having a judge settle the question about the limits of executive privilege, for fear of losing.

The agreement calls for Rove and Miers, Bush's top political adviser and White House counsel, to be interviewed by the House Judiciary Committee in closed depositions "under the penalty for perjury," said House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich. The committee says it also might call the two for public testimony. [snip]

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Clinton fired ALL the lawyers. Rove should tell them to shove it.

[laweeks]

I hope like hell they use “separation of powers” or take the 5th continually until it comes out of the interrogators’ ears.

[Tarpon]

Sure, but that was a Democrat.

I can’t wait until a R wins the election, then we can have Democrat truth commissions.

My guess is most people are paying attention to the economy and are not interested in these purposeful distractions.

[Mojave]

Or just answer “Clinton fired ALL the lawyers” to every question.

[trumandogz]

[BigBobber]

What did the Zero do with the federal prosecutors? Haven’t heard anything. Did he fire them all?

[A CA Guy]

I don’t remember. I can’t recall!

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Bambi will fire all of them after Rove makes a fool out of Conyers.

[Venturer]

I think Rove will know how to hndle these fishermen.

This is just a fishing expedition, of course the President had the right to fire them. Congress knows that I hope Rove shoves it up all their butts.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

If the Pubbies ever do get back in power, they need to investigate every Rat in Congress.

[calcowgirl]

Clinton fired ALL the lawyers. Rove should tell them to shove it.

So did GW at the start of his term. That was not the issue.

[celtic gal]

I agree and I’ll bet he makes the point to them.

[Gator113]

I will not vote for any Republican unless they convince me that they will bring every one of the POS democrats to justice.

“One issue Dan” is what they will call me. I will even sell everything I have, to pay for the hangman’s rope.

[celtic gal]

I hope the Republicans or Conservative are building dossiers on this bunch of rats..

[FlingWingFlyer]

Why are the Commie ‘RATS so pissed off about this? Were they DNC moles?

[Cboldt]

-- This is just a fishing expedition, of course the President had the right to fire them. --

President Bush said he was not involved in the decision to fire them.

[Logical me]

Rove is making a big mistake. The firing were legal so the RATS are going to try to get a perjury charge on him..

[popdonnelly]

Oh, let’s not talk about what the Obama Administration is doing. That’s too relevant to what direction the country should be taking.

Dick Cheney had it exactly right about Leahy.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Preposterous.