Posted on 10/03/2008 11:05:28 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Dems worry Bush could pardon Rove, Miers By Susan Crabtree Posted: 10/03/08 12:55 PM [ET]
Democrats are worried that President Bush may pardon Karl Rove, Harriet Miers and other key administration officials alleged to have played a role in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys.
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), who chairs a Judiciary Committee subcommittee, expressed concern Friday that Bush pardons on the final day of his tenure in the Oval Office could cut off any chance of former White House officials being forced to testify before Congress about their role in the U.S. attorneys' removal in 2006.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) Office of Inspector General (IG) issued a report Monday that found substantial evidence that the federal prosecutors were fired for improper political reasons. Attorney General Michael Mukasey subsequently appointed Connecticut federal prosecutor Nora Dannehy to investigate the IG’s findings.
Earlier this year, Democrats filed a lawsuit challenging the Bush administration’s assertion of executive privilege to shield current and former White House officials from congressional subpoenas related to the firings.
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Well of course he’ll “pardon” them. Duh...they didn’t do anything wrong!
Waaaaa!
Do it W! And pardon the border patrol agents as well!
You can’t pardon anything if it was not a crime.
Timing of this BS tells all special instigator.
XX-Pres Clinton fired every U.S. Attorney there was and not a peep out of the MSM.
Let ‘em worry, and do it.
Who cares? What about Clinton, Marc Rich, and the Weatherman?
I don’t understand —they haven’t been indicted or convicted of anything —why would the President have to pardon them?
Dumba&& Dims.....
bill clinton fired all federal judges when he was elected.
was that not considered the exercise of lawful presidential authority?
apparently, there are two different sets of standards.
The next front opens up in the 30 Days of Attacks on Republicans.
Now that the Fannie Scandal has slipped off the front page, they are trying to resurrect the US Atty’s bolstered with some GAO report.
This is nothing but juice to fire up the left wing nuts. Nothing more.
Sure you can. Ask President Ford.
Dems worry Bush could pardon Rove, Miers FOR FREE.
The Democrats expressed NO worries when President Clinton pardoned several domestic terrorists from the Weather Underground.
“And pardon the border patrol agents as well!”
That assumes he didn’t push their prosecution which Clinton did not.
As a message to the Border Patrol to underenforce.
Texas plutocrats understand an open border decreases wages and increases their short term profit margins.
Neither was Nixon, but he was under investigation. A pardon couldn't have stopped impeachment, but resignation did that.
I was pretty young then, but I imagine I know what you are talking about.
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