Posted on 07/30/2008 8:41:34 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
House Panel: Karl Rove Is In Contempt Of Congress Ignores House Judiciary Committee Subpoena
WASHINGTON (AP) ― A House panel Wednesday voted to cite former top White House aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress as its Senate counterpart publicly pursued possible punishments for an array of alleged past and present Bush administration misdeeds.
Voting along party lines, the House Judiciary Committee said that Rove had broke the law by failing to appear at a July 10 hearing on allegations of White House influence over the Justice Department, including whether Rove encouraged prosecutions against Democrats.
The committee decision is only a recommendation, and it was unclear whether Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would allow a final vote. Rove has denied any involvement with Justice decisions, and the White House has said Congress has no authority to compel testimony from current and former advisers.
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Has the Congress completed 1000 investigations yet?
How’s that investigation into Countrywide’s VIP mortgage lending program going?
“This is right up his alley. Barney Frank has been puffing on bongs for years.”
Don’t you mean “schlongs”?
$4 a gallon for gas and this is the best the Democrats can do.
heh... yeah, that’ll swing the election.
When will the Dems stop obsessing over Rove? The poor guy keeps them stirred up even when he isn’t on staff. Good grief!
Karl Rove is one of the most innocuous people you could ever see. Why he is portrayed as a villain by the nest of vipers on the Hill is beyond me.””
IMO, Rove sees Congress for what they really are. He operates behind the scenes and the media contempt for his brilliance allows him to keep sniping at the Congress.
“CNN is right now reporting that Barney Frank wants to legalize marijuana.”
At which time the reported responded; “Hey Man, light it up.... lets get chinese eyed....”
"Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, who reported this week that former department officials broke the law by letting Bush administration politics dictate the hiring of prosecutors, immigration judges and career government lawyers, was among the witnesses to appear Wednesday before the Senate panel.So do we have another Dubya appointee going off the reservation? Nope, no way.....Fine said his office and Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility are investigating the prosecutor firings and whether Bradley Schlozman, former head of the department's Civil Rights Division, used political or ideological criteria to make hiring decisions.
Glenn A. Fine, ... confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 2000. Fine was appointed Inspector General of the Department of Justice by President Bill Clinton in 2000, and can be removed by the President.Once again a Clintonista hold over bites Bush in the butt.
Why, thank you.
I’m in contempt of Congress, too!!!!
Hard to think of a more contemptible load of bozos, outside the worlds of Islamo-fascism, the media, the entire Demagogue Party, and academia.
Shoulda been canned along with a huge list of other Clintonistas as one of the first acts of Pres. Bush.
The only reason this is happening now is to distract Rove from the election. Why??? Every sane liberal will agree with the fact that Rove is not someone you want in the mix come Nov.
Distractions hurt focus or at least sully his name.
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