Congress to Rove: ‘No justification’ for refusing to testify on Siegelman case.»

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/14/congress-to-rove-no-justification-for-refusing-to-testify-on-siegelman-case/

Congress to Rove: ‘No justification’ for refusing to testify on Siegelman case.»

Today, House Judiciary Committee leaders sent a letter to Karl Rove’s laywer, Robert Luskin, rejecting Rove’s offer to answer questions on his involvement in the Don Siegelman prosecution and other issues in writing. They wrote that, considering Rove’s willingness to speak to the media on the subject, “we can see no justification for his refusal to speak on the record to the Committee”:

As our previous letters have made clear, the Siegelman case is a principal reason for our invitation to Mr. Rove. But as we have also explained, that issue cannot be separated from the broader concerns about politicization within the Department and the U.S. Attorney firings, and Mr. Rove has made on-the-record comments to the media about all these interrelated matters. <…>

Since you indicate Mr. Rove is now willing to submit written answers to questions, which by definition would be recorded in a manner similar to a transcript, we do not understand why he would not submit to providing transcribed answers to live questions, as he has done in media interviews.

In April, Luskin had indicated that Rove would testify if Congress subpoenaed him. By the end of the month, Luskin backed away from the pledge, claiming he had been taken out of context.

[laylah]

1. Thanks for posting this

babylonsister; however, I will get excited when they (as in Congress) get serious.

[babylonsister]

2. I hear you; it always seems

like they're taking baby steps, or one step forward, then two backwards. But I try to remain optimistic.

[Pastiche423]

3. K&R

[Uncle Joe]

4. His justification is simply Contempt of Congress,

nothing more, nothing less.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. LOL!

"...considering Rove’s willingness to speak to the media on the subject, “we can see no justification for his refusal to speak on the record to the Committee"

Their egos will be their own downfall!

Who wants to bet that the day of--or the day before--he's scheduled to testify there will be some "national security scare" which closes down the hearing room?

[Uncle Joe]

9. What is that video you have playing there, March of the Penguins? n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

14. That's an animated gif of Rove dancing. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

15. After viewing that, I don't believe I can make babies anymore. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

16. I'm sorry.

Do any of these help?

[Uncle Joe]

18. Yes, thank you, that helps,

is that Susan Sarandon? She also resembles Jodie Foster.

[ColbertWatcher]

19. Susan Sarandon and Naomi Wolf. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

20. I couldn't tell

from the side shot who that woman was in the second photo but after looking at the first photo I thought Sarandon and Foster might be distant relatives?

Peace
UJ

[emulatorloo]

6. Luskin probably feels like the LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE!!!!!

Karl Rove is like a perpetual MONEY MACHINE for him.

Too bad Luskin is so good at what he does, though.

[The Doctor.]

7. Oh no... not this time.

Drag his ass before the committee, let him lie through his teeth, and then swear him in and do it again.

Oh, and make sure the hearings extend past 01/20/09

[tom_paine]

8. Irrelevant: Totalitarian Rulers do not NEED justification. They need WILL.

That, and a nation of cowards who will yield to everything because to do so might interrupt their cushy lives.

Rove and the Bushies have that, in spades. Can you imagine the laughter when yet another empty threat crosses their desks?

Either send the goddamned Federal Marshalls over there and force the Bushis to reveal wh and what they are, or crawl meekly back into your holes.

NO MORE EXCUSES!

[elizfeelinggreat]

10. see my sig

I've had it there ever since I read that she said it.

Put the skunk on the stand already!


edited: whoops, signatures are off. It says:

"Since Karl Rove has said that and he feels so good saying that, what I want him to do is go and swear before the United States Congress and swear what he's saying is true." Dana Simpson

[coriolis]

11. Thank god they are sending letters!

:eyes:

[progressoid]

12. "Karl, If you don't testify, we're going to hold our breath until we turn blue!"

That'll show ya!

C'mon Congress. Stop with the letters and grow a spine!

[malaise]

13. Send in the marshalls

and bring him to COngress. Frog march him.

[L. Coyote]

17. VIDEO webcast of the hearing = 2 hr. 40 min. LINK

http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=442

MORE video links: HOUSE JUDICIARY: Joint Hearing on Allegations of Selective Prosecution Part II
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3277259

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. thank you for posting the link

you guys are great !! I know that when a KO rant or a great Democracy Now interview, like the one with Gore Vidal today, or a hearing comes out, and I missed it on tv, someone at DU will share the link pronto.
ty so much....

uh, not to be too greedy, anyone got the link to the Briish guy who testified about the war crimes...yesterday was it???

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[L. Coyote]

23. COMPILATION: Philippe Sands testimony to House Comm.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3275649

[orleans]

21. now what? more fucking letters? KILL ME!

when is that motherfucker gonna be subpoenaed and arrested by the sergent at arms for not showing up?

letters?

the fucking judiciary committee sent a fucking letter?

big goddamn deal!

I AM SO TIRED OF OUR LIMP-DICK RESPONSES I COULD :puke:

[L. Coyote]

24. VIDEO: VERDICT: Karl Rove Refuses To Testify = Abrams w/ Horton & Siegelman

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x132329

[elizfeelinggreat]

25. Thank goodness Dan is sticking to this story

and thank you for the link!

[Festivito]

26. RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! /nt