Posted on 04/18/2007 1:01:47 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's lawyers told the Republican National Committee on Tuesday not to turn over to Congress any e-mails related to the firings last year of eight U.S. attorneys before showing them to the White House.
Democrats and Republican critics of the administration said the move suggests the White House is seeking to develop a strategy to block the release of the nongovernmental e-mails to congressional investigators by arguing that they're covered by executive privilege and not subject to review.
Scott Stanzel, deputy White House press secretary, said the action was reasonable and that any review of the e-mails would "be conducted in a timely fashion, to balance the committee's need for the information with the extreme over-breadth of their requests."
Party officials declined comment, but a GOP aide familiar with the negotiations said the RNC would comply with the White House request.
In a related development, the House Judiciary Committee plans to grant immunity to a former Justice Department liaison to the White House to force her to tell Congress what she knew about the firings. A vote to grant Monica Goodling "use immunity" could come as early as Thursday. Goodling had refused to testify and said she would invoke the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
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Why would you need immunity for something that is legal?
There is absolutely no reason for RNC emails to be released to a bunch of DNC congresspeople on a fishing expedition.
Oh, and thanks again, “protest voters.”
The President offered to have his advisers meet with Congress and explain what happened. Schmucky Chumer and crew insisted on going the coercive route. The President should keep these e-mails as hostages.
Yeah Schumer wants to be be to manipulate selective releases of them w/o the WH having enough to respond with. Nice try.
YA-HOOTY!!
Fred Fielding digs his heels in :)
I saw a clip of Schmuckie a little while ago where he says it is not up to them to prove wrongdoing...it is up to Justice to prove they didn’t do anything wrong!!!
What kind of backassward way to go about “justice” is this?
FOIA
To try to avoid becoming the next Scooter Libby, someone whose less than 100% perfect memory of his perfectly legal actions got him into a perjury trap with the liberal inquisitors.
You cannot prove a negative.
Because this is a Dem controlled congress who are out for blood
I'd plead the 5th too if I had to go before them
You can’t prove a negative, so it’s up to Chuckie to prove his charges, or fugedaboudid.
>You cannot prove a negative.<
Hey, Bahbah! Great minds, eh? :o)
Two can play that game
I heard that Chuckie has been sleeping with prostitutes in his Capital Office .. I don't have any proof .. but that doesn't matter .. it's up to him to prove it wrong
Okay..I am serious here.
If I were AG Gonzo....I would throw away the opening remarks that have already been released.
I would walk into that hearing tomorrow..and say that he can’t prove a negative...and that unless/until the Senate could show that there has been wrongdoing..he will not testify further.
The White House should tell the Dems to gather a very large croud. Once assembled, tell them they can then kiss the White Houses behind.
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