Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy says he will subpoena White House adviser Karl Rove

[sabra]

Source: CNN

AP: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy says he will subpoena White House adviser Karl Rove about attorney firings.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/

[onehandle]

1. beat me by a second.

Rove is going down!

:) :) :) :) :)

[onehandle]

2. Leahy says he will subpoena White House adviser Karl Rove about attorney firings.

Source: CNN

AP: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy says he will subpoena White House adviser Karl Rove about attorney firings.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/

[rodeodance]

3. YOU Go man-----for the GOLD! (good, he is not pussy footing around anymore!)

[thereismore]

4. Well, that's a slam dunk privilige invocation. He is ready for the fight. nt

[rodeodance]

7. yes, it will be-and Rove prob. has it ready to go alreardy!!

[Seabiscuit]

50. So where's the subpoena?

[rox63]

32. I don't see anything about it at cnn.com

:shrug:

[pinkpops]

69. O yeah but Arlen says he is being political

[Lasher]

5. Horray for Leahy!

Boy would I like to ask Karl a few questions under oath!

[guitar man]

6. bust a move Pat!!

woohoo!!!! :bounce::bounce::bounce:

[krispos42]

8. Off to the greatest with thee!

He he he! Watch'em squirm!


US Attorneys don't serve at the pleasure of the President when the President fires them to keep them from investigating members of a certain political party or to cover up Presidental wrongdoing.

Suck it, Tony Snow.

[deminks]

9. AP link

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONGRESS_GONZALES?SITE=NHPOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press Writer



WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats called for a special counsel to investigate whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied under oath and subpoenaed top presidential aide Karl Rove Thursday in a widening probe into the dismissal of federal prosecutors.

"It has become apparent that the attorney general has provided at a minimum half-truths and misleading statements," four members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote in a letter to Solicitor General Paul Clement.

They dispatched the letter shortly before Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., announced the subpoena of Rove, the president's top political strategist.

"We have now reached a point where the accumulated evidence shows that political considerations factored into the unprecedented firing of at least nine United States Attorneys last year," said Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

[budkin]

10. No way in hell Rove shows up

This ought to be interesting...

[Joe Chi Minh]

41. Yes, as security men are wont to say in films, "There are two ways

we can do this..." The next thing you see is the miscreant being frogmarched out of the main entrance.

[Seedersandleechers]

11. So what...

Won't the chimp just tell Rove he can't.

[knight_of_the_star]

14. Yes

And then we can slap Rove with Contempt of Congress and if Bush blocks prosecution then that's Obstruction with a capital O.

[DutchLiberal]

16. And then what...?

[Exiled in America]

31. Big fucking deal. The Justice Department won't enforce the citation.

[KansDem]

38. No, Rove will tell Chimp to tell Rove he can't.

The Chimp may be "The Decider" but it's Rove who tells him how...

[ClassWarrior]

12. The noose just slipped a little tighter...

Of course, I wish they'd just YANK the dang thing shut, but I'm glad for any forward momentum.

NGU.

[Autumn Colors]

13. AP says he's already been subpoenaed

"Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy announced Thursday he had subpoenaed White House adviser Karl Rove in a widening probe into the firing of federal prosecutors."

[rodeodance]

15. Leahy was on Senate floor with this--see here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1441741&mesg_id=1441741

[woodsprite]

17. Anybody know if this Solicitor General is a decent guy

of the Fitzgerald type, or a lackey like Gonzo?

[MagickMuffin]

73. You decide....

Legal career

Following graduation, Clement clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court. After his clerkships, he worked as an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis. Clement went on to serve as Chief Counsel of Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Afterwards, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding, where he headed the firm's appellate practice. Mr. Clement also served from 1998 to 2004 as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he taught a seminar on the separation of powers.

Clement joined the United States Department of Justice in February 2001. Before his confirmation as Solicitor General, he served as Acting Solicitor General for nearly a year and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General. He has argued over 25 cases before the United States Supreme Court, including McConnell v. FEC, Tennessee v. Lane, Rumsfeld v. Padilla, United States v. Booker, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld v. FAIR, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Gonzales v. Raich, Gonzales v. Oregon and Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation. He also argued many of the key cases in the lower courts involving challenges to the President's conduct of the war on terrorism.

[niceypoo]

18. This will be the tipping point...

This will lead to some very loony stuff from the administration. Expect lots of Al Quaeda warnings and terror alerts and false alarms. There is no way Bush can afford Rove to talk. Get ready for martial law.

[PoconoPragmatist]

20. Fuck

I'll see you at Gulag Ruhrepente!! I'll be one of the first carted off.

[guitar man]

21. not me

I'm armed, so they will drag my cold, dead body away after the fight if that's what they have in mind....

[tecelote]

19. Now this is Shock & Awe!

[Patsy Stone]

22. I will remain optimistic

as I watch Karl thumb his nose at that subpoena.

Good for you, Pat! Don't back down.

[Highway61]

23. Oh Yeah

The closer they get to the truth...the closer we get to an "event" happening. :nuke: I have to hand it to Leahy, he's like a pit bull...hope he has extra security detail around him these days....I worry.
Other than these concerns....I am so happy I could just spit!!!!!!!! :applause:

[PoconoPragmatist]

39. He Better!!

Didn't he already get an anthrax letter once? (Anyone other than me ever notice it was only DEMOCRATS who got 'em??)

And didn't Cheney once tell him to perform an anatomical impossibility?

[Highway61]

56. Yes, he did

It was just about the time Senator Leahy had "reservations" about the Patriot Act and wanted to introduce a bill protecting U.S. citizens privacy. What a coincidence, huh?
As for Cheney...yes, that ass munch said that.

I only pray that this moves forward on these firings.

[PoconoPragmatist]

62. All The Same

I think Leahy might want to watch his ass!

We've seen what happens to those who dare defy Il Duce Dickie.

[paparush]

24. z z z z z z z z z z Executive Privilege z z z z z z z z z z z z z

[Roland99]

34. Are you sure about that? Look at how Conyers is maneuvering!!! >>>>>>>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1439881

[paparush]

35. Bush owns the AG. Bush owns the Supreme Court. Deck = Stacked

[Joe Chi Minh]

43. He won't have a say in it. It's a Congress thing, period.

[paparush]

44. I really do hope this plays out. I just don't have much hope as we have watched Bush**

steamroll over Congress and the Constitution.

[defendandprotect]

52. - - - - - NATIONAL SECURITY -- - - - - - - - - - -

[femrap]

25. About f*cking time....

SOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Get that porker under oath!

[LuckyLib]

26. The WH has been anticipating this. That's why the airwaves and Chimpy's speeches are terra, terra,

and Al Qaeda, 24/7. Ramping up the fear meter.

[acmavm]

27. Sheesh, and they thought getting Harriet to show up was/is

difficult.

Got get 'em boys. He's screwed this whole country around for OVER 7 years. And actually I think of all the criminals in the administration I'll get the most satisfaction out of seeing KKKarl and cheney get theirs. I include cheney because I do believe someday it will happen.

I don't include Chimpy because he's not running a damn thing. And don't get me wrong, when he's on trial for war crimes I'll be one happy woman. But the real bad rabbits are KKKarl and cheney.

[Patsy Stone]

28. Keith has this as the top story for tonight's show:

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Countdown Tonight!
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Senate Democrats called for a special counsel to investigate whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied under oath and subpoenaed top presidential aide Karl Rove Thursday in a widening probe into the dismissal of federal prosecutors. "It has become apparent that the attorney general has provided at a minimum half-truths and misleading statements," four members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote in a letter to Solicitor General Paul Clement. They dispatched the letter shortly before Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., announced the subpoena of Rove, the president's top political strategist. We have now reached a point where the accumulated evidence shows that political considerations factored into the unprecedented firing of at least nine United States Attorneys last year," said Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Administration officials have consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with the firing of the prosecutors, who were let go last winter. Gonzales is at the center of the U.S. attorney controversy, but the call for a perjury probe involved alleged conflicts between testimony he gave the Judiciary Committee last year and this week. The issue revolves around whether there was internal administration dissent over the president's warrantless wiretapping program. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19975387/

[laststeamtrain]

29. Rove under oath is the Holy Grail of Bush Administration sleeze.

Is a Karl Rove oath worth anything?



It's like Tommy Flanagan under oath.

[SharonRB]

46. Zilch. Nada. Zero.

He will lie, lie and lie some more. Then they'll bring him up on perjury charges, he'll get convicted and * will pardon him. If we're lucky, it will drag on until * is out of office and there will be no one to save his sorry ass.

[FiveGoodMen]

55. Flying Japanese sand tigers!

[Exiled in America]

30. Yawn. Executive privilege.

[janx]

51. Doesn't apply here. n/t

[Exiled in America]

64. Doesn't matter. It will be claimed.

[closeupready]

65. Yeah. No way will Rove have to honor it.

And if executive privilege doesn't apply, Bush will simply issue an executive order making up a new law saying that EP DOES apply.

[defendandprotect]

53. PARDON IN THE MAIL ---

And, I think we need a new rule on pardons . . .
Can't be until end of your term -- ?????

[Dulcinea]

33. Keep at it!

The only way this misadministration will be brought down is from the inside. Keep issuing subpoenas & eventually someone will spill.

[Auggie]

60. Yes... they'll spill, screw up, or get caught perjuring

[Dollface]

36. White House says Congress is getting out of control

White House spokesman Tony Fratto said the announcements showed that "every day this Congress gets a little more out of control." He accused Congress of neglecting more important issues, such as pending appropriations legislation. (From the same CNN story.)


:nopity:

[Joe Chi Minh]

42. Apparently, it should be out of the control of the people.

[Voice for Peace]

47. White House sees a mirror, everywhere, but can't see it

"White House spokesman Tony Fratto said the announcements showed that "every day this Congress gets a little more out of control." He accused Congress of neglecting more important issues, such as pending appropriations legislation. (From the same CNN story.)"

When they describe terrorists
When they describe Democrats
When they describe Congress
When they describe evil

One of the best examples of this phenomenon was in the film "Control Room"

[Harry Monroe]

37. Fucking A!!!!

Wanna bet Bush tells him not to show up?? Showdown is coming.

[Frisbee]

40. F***ing incredible....

Saw this quote on CNN's coverage of this...

"In response Thursday, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said, "Every day this Congress gets a little more out of control," accusing Democratic lawmakers of neglecting more important issues such as spending legislation."

As if lying to Congress, politicizing the Justice department, spying on American citizens and generally shitting on the Constitution is neither important or out of control. Gotta hand it to them, they do have balls.

[SharonRB]

45. And of course he won't show up

I hope to see them drag him off under an inherent contempt charge!

:popcorn:

[libodem]

48. Shock and Awe

for about one minute until he refuses to show up and then lies his ass off if he does. It might take some 'special' interrogation techniques. Wet down the waterboard.

[War Pigs]

49. Scooter could use the dough, no?? Gotta recoup that $250K

fine. GOP lawyers are raking in the big $$ these days. Rove's ass would just as satisfying as taking down the chimp, plus he and Darth are really the power anyhow.

[defendandprotect]

54. Wouldn't it be loverly to see the real Bush, alone w/o his "brain" and w/o his criminal advisers?

How much worse than what we see now might the real Georgie be?

[Hekate]

57. Frog march! Perp walk! Schadenfreude dance coming up!

Bush will fight this one tooth and claw, but a girl can dream, can't she? :evilgrin:

Hekate

[Homer12]

58. What are Bush's Popularity Ratings? =

= They are going after Bush and the rest of the rethugs. They have VAST public support. The more they uncover the more impeachment will become real and the more republicans in congress will have to bend in order to save their jobs and party.

[humbled_opinion]

74. Not Holding My Breath...

EP will be claimed for Karl and the gang... that fight (If our Leaders even fight it) will take 6 months at minimum...If the SCOTUS sides with the founders and check mates the Administration then we will have the Congressional testimony which then may or may not lead to an investigation which will get Rove or other crony on perjury or obstruction or if they tell the truth will launch an investigation into the administrations disregard for the rule of law.... OK that said it takes another 6 months... at that point we have a POTUS Elect and Impeachment is moot....

In Other Words this is too little too late to make a real difference.

[Uncle Joe]

59. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread sabra.

[Canuckistanian]

61. About bloody time

May this be the first of a series, culminating in THIS:

http://imgred.com/

[Dukkha]

63. I 'll believe it when I see it

Until then, same old bullshit will transpire and the Dems will cower back in their holes once more. Don't get me wrong, I want to believe. Nothing would please me more than to see this slimy unscrupulous beady eyed pile of hog shit thrown to the judiciary dogs and torn apart

[soothsayer]

66. oh please, God, yes!

[rodeodance]

68. and the gods and goddesses

[rodeodance]

67. Bill Scher: The Evidence Points To Rove

Forum Name Editorials & Other Articles
Topic subject Bill Scher: The Evidence Points To Rove
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x296778#296778
296778, Bill Scher: The Evidence Points To Rove
Posted by marmar on Thu Jul-26-07 06:38 PM

from OurFuture.org:


The Evidence Points To Rove
Submitted by Bill Scher on July 26, 2007 - 3:39pm.


A long-standing Weekend Watchdog question is why Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., hadn't exercised his authority to issue a subpoena to Karl Rove and other White House officials and their role in the Prosecutor Purge.

Since then, several staffers have been subpoenaed. But today, Leahy finally subpoenaed Rove and his deputy.

Why has it taken this long? Leahy's speech on the Senate floor indicates his team was patiently collecting evidence to justify taking this step:

We have now reached a point where the accumulated evidence shows that political considerations factored into the unprecedented firing of at least nine United States Attorneys last year.

Testimony and documents show that the list was compiled based on input from the highest political ranks in the White House, including Mr. Rove and Mr. Jennings.

The evidence shows that senior officials were apparently focused on the political impact of federal prosecutions and whether federal prosecutors were doing enough to bring partisan voter fraud and corruption cases.

It is obvious that the reasons given for these firings were contrived as part of a cover up and that the stonewalling by the White House is part and parcel of that same effort.

The Carpetbagger Report praises Leahy's deliberative handling of the matter:

Good for Leahy. The point has always been to follow the facts. The first step was getting testimony from Justice Department officials, who implicated White House officials. So, the next was to speak to White House aides like Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers. Step Three, naturally, is getting information from Karl Rove and his deputy, J. Scott Jennings.

Obviously, if the White House refuses to cooperate when it comes to Miers, the Bush gang certainly won’t cooperate in making Rove and Jennings available, but that’s not how Leahy is looking at this. He’s conducting an investigation, a crime may have been committed, and they have pertinent information. They won’t appear voluntarily, so they’re getting subpoenas.

And if they don’t show, they can be subject to contempt charges, too.

Hard to argue with the professional approach being taken. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/evidence_points_rove?tx=3

[ProudDad]

70. What time's that gonna be on CSPAN?

karl rove - turd blossom - under oath...

How can you tell rove is lying? -- His lips appear to be moving...

[george_maniakes]

71. can somebody please explain the process.....

...that will happen from here. As in what steps can rove take to dodge going before congress, and what can congress do to force his appearance? Can rove actually go to jail if he refuses to go before congress?

[waldo_evans]

72. joke

this will accomplish fucking nothing.

Rove must be laughing hard right now.

Democrats haven't been able to do ANYTHING to stop Bush and nothing will change. We'll stay in Iraq and Bush and Cheney will remain in power. Case closed.

If they had REAL balls, they would introduce articles of impeachment. But balls and Democrats are two words that don't go together.

[humbled_opinion]

75. I prefer spines because there are a lot of Female Democratic Lawmakers who could never comply...

With your requirement... LOL...

Valid point though.