Posted on 10/22/2005 8:50:42 PM PDT by kddid
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are so pleased with reports that Leakgate prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is about to indict senior White House officials that they want him to lead an impeachment investigation into whether President Bush lied to Congress about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
"The CIA leak issue is only the tip of the iceberg, House Judiciary Democrat Jerrold Nadler complains in a message posted to his web site.
In a letter asking the Justice Department to expand the scope of Fitzgerald's investigation, Nadler says: "We now have reason to believe that high crimes may have been committed at the highest level [and] wrongdoing that may have led us to war and imperiled our national security.
If there is evidence that Bush or Cheney authorized aides to deliberately mislead lawmakers, Nadler told Congressional Quarterly: "That would be an impeachable offense.'"
The Manhattan Democrat is asking Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert McCallum to direct Fitzgerald to probe efforts by the White House to discredit critics of the Iraq war like former Ambassador Joe Wilson. Nadler wants Fitzgerald to determine whether attacks on Wilson were part of a "broader conspiracy knowingly to mislead Congress into authorizing a war."
Even before leaks from Fitzgerald's investigation indicated he planned indictments, Rep. Maurice Hinchey let slip the Democrats' plan to impeach Bush for alleged Iraq war lies.
In quotes picked up by the Ithaca Journal, Hinchey said in August: "My greatest hope is that all of these things will be revealed, they will be revealed in a very direct and legal context, and that in 2006 a Democratic majority will be elected to the House of Representatives, and in February of [2007] impeachment proceedings will begin."
This is nothing but a PR stunt by the Dems
Interesting though .. he sends the letter to the Acting Deputy Attorney ??
Ithaca Journal? All the news that's fit for...Lake Cayuga.
why so soon if the downfall is in the bag and they know it ?the msm claim to be certain about the outcome. why( you should pardon the expression) pig pile now?
Welcome to silly season in treasonville.
Nadler is just trying to show the other Dims what a fire-eater he is. It's much the same as displays of aggression amongst chimpanzees.
They know d*mn well Bush didn't lie to Congress about Iraq.
Good catch on who he sent it too. Curious.
I could be wrong .. but I think this Acting Deputy AG was involved with the Clinton Impeachment
you want to see Kerry and Reid and Pelosi on the sunday talk shows calling for impeachment? no, if that happened, the obvious followup would be to ask them how they knew what was going to come out of the grand jury.
having an lower level person like Nadler do this makes sense at this time.
You notice that Nadler requested Fitzgerald...I think this letter and subsequent article is yet another dem "sending a message" to Fitzy....
Only this time...instead of stating that Cheney, Libby or Rove are guilty...he takes it past that...to the "underlying" reason for Wilson to be involved at all...BUT, he does it by flattering Fitzy--
what a big, important USEFUL prosecutor he is.
The have been given the word to try to sway his decision through the media...
I always want to go read a Psalm when I read this stuff. The ones where David is asking for relief from his enemies.
I think they are in bitter earnest. The Democrat-Media Axis is coming for this Administration and we - all of us, the Administration and it's supporters - had damned well rush to action stations, otherwise we're in for the kind of hell that those of us born after the 1960's (myself included) have only read about in history books.
Humanity has said "never again" to the Holocaust, though it's seriousness on that measure seems increasingly dubious.
But I put it to you that we must all say "never again" to Watergate or Vietnam.
Never again will we allow the treason of the left at home to cause America to be defeated in a war abroad.
Never again will we allow the Democrat-Media cabal to come for our President.
Never again will we allow it. I don't care if we have to take to the streets - I don't care if we need to resort to the most extreme measures imaginable, but we will now allow it.
The defeat of America, at this critical juncture in history, would likely mean the end of Western Civilization as the dominant force on this planet. It will mean that Europe will be conquered by the Mohammadeans and that America will become a Chinese vassal state. Allow the left to win now, and the West will fall.
Period.
Better to fight in a civil war, or risk nuclear war, than to live in a world where China is the leading power.
Better to die in combat than to live to see the day when St. Peter's is desecrated and profaned by being transformed into a Mosque.
This is where we must stand. Today we conquer or die.
Do not be afraid my fellow freepers. How many times in the last five years liberals and their media have declared early fake victories against President Bush only to be faced with crushing defeats later on. These delusional morons strongly believe what they see in their wet dreams and they fall victims to their own lies so much so that they thought up to 9:00 PM on election night 2004 that Kerry was going to win in a landslide because they believed their own fake polls. Let them continue in their delusions and we will crush them when the next election time will come.
I was wrong in my last post .. this is the new acting Deputy Attorney General
U.S. Federal Prosecutor McNulty Named Deputy Attorney General
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507117/posts
You can only impeach for "high crimes and misdemeanors." As far as I know, even if it is true, "authorizing an aide to deliberately mislead lawmakers" is not a crime.
yes, but if you were Fitzgerald, and you were truly acting independently, and you heard this statement - wouldn't you go in the other direction? I would, if I were truly independent and I was considering indicting someone over what is essentially a perjury trap - and I heard the Dems already on the warpath to impeachment - I would ask myself "am I doing the right thing opening this can of worms"?
Beautifully said! I agree.
Oh...yeah, I remember that from last night...
Maybe Nadler and friends are testing the new Dep. Attny. General...he was selected...not nominated and confirmed.
So..they want to see how "fair" he is???
My link was supposed to go to post #3 on that thread. Check it out.
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