Rove refuses call to testify under oath

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON -- A House Judiciary Committee deadline passed Monday with former White House adviser Karl Rove standing by his refusal to testify about allegations that he pushed the Justice Department to prosecute former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.

In his latest offer to settle the matter, Rove sent the panel a letter offering to respond to questions in writing, according to his attorney. But he reiterated that he would not testify publicly and under oath.

Committee leaders did not immediately answer questions about how they will respond. Earlier this month, they threatened to subpoena Rove if he did not agree to appear voluntarily by Monday.

The dispute is the latest in a standoff between President Bush and Congress over testimony from current and former White House staffers on a variety of issues.

The White House has balked at requests for staff testimony, arguing that the administration has no obligation to respond to congressional demands for the details of internal deliberations.



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[havocmom]

Doesn't Congress have some law enforcement? Sgt at Arms and such?

Send them out to drag his sorry ass out from under his rock! And shall we take bets on whether, once news gets out that it WILL happen, he suddenly 'suicides' like the unfortunate working girl executive who knew too much?

[OKthatsIT]

12. Yes, but Congress won't use it. They make deals, instead.

Congress has obligations to their campaign contributors, FIRST. If Bush vetos, then Congress members won't be trusted to follow through with those promises. They risk losing future donations.

None of this is going to change...and we will drift further away from being a Republic if we do not reform campaign finance. But we knew this years ago.

I would go further to say that we really are looking at a ONE PARTY SYSTEM and ONE BRANCH of the US GOVERNMENT.

READ THIS: http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=6892

[havocmom]

19. yep, and the one branch is controlled by corporate boardrooms

We need to start calling this government what it is: fascism.

[existentialist]

1. In short Rove is saying

that he will come and have a nice chat with Congress if and only if there is no record and Congress first grants him a license to lie.

Why not, Congress did it for Bush and Cheney.

Predictably enough, Bush and Cheney lied.

[JDPriestly]

34. In short, Rove is saying that he is afraid of testifying before

Congress because he fears he will get caught in his lies if he has to answer immediately to the questions. He wants written questions so that his attorney can write the responses. No, no, no, no, no.

If Rove is innocent, he has nothing to fear. Isn't that what the government tells us about their reading our e-mails and listening to our telephone calls?

[MissWaverly]

2. is written communication still under oath

If what Karl Rove writes later proves to be untrue, is he liable for perjury?

[truebrit71]

3. Subpoena his porcine ass....

..

[Enthusiast]

22. Porcine ass! +1 nt

[MuseRider]

4. He has a choice?

Why does he have a choice? Oh yeah, because our Congress will let him have a choice. :eyes:

[marylanddem]

5. He is the scum of the earth

Can't congress compel people to appear through deputies or something?

[C_U_L8R]

6. Since when is it his option?

Give the stinky turdblossum the third degree.

[Prophet 451]

7. CHARGE THE BASTARD WITH CONTEMPT!

Sorry Karl, this isn't a political game where you get left alone if you're stubborn enough. This is about the rule. of. law.

[sharp_stick]

8. Perhaps a little dunk in some water?

I know John Yoo, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld find that little dunk a very effective way to get people to cooperate. I also hear it's perfectly legal according to the shrubbo Justice Department so Congress may as well adopt it as a way to ensure cooperation from administrations cocksuckers like Rove.

:sarcasm:

[Phred42]

9. You really didn't think he would did you?

Unless the Dems are willing to hold him in contempt and let him rot in jail for a few years - or - until he testifies under oath, Nothing will happen.

Rove has Pelosi, Reid, Conyers and ALL DEMOCRATS by the BALLS. It's easy to do with cowards.

[stanley01]

11. arrest the fucker

If I can be arrested at home for failure to pay a traffic
ticket, then he can be arrested 

[jus_the_facts]

31. Damn straight....that happened to me once...

....was supposed to have gone by the district attorney's office for an extension and completely forgot about it...called them to ask what would happen and they told me nothing...unless I got stopped again for something else....the sheriff's dept. was at my door not hour later...had to be bonded out and pay for the court costs and the ticket...that was my Xmas present from my parents that year. :nopity:

....welcome to DU! :hi:

[man4allcats]

10. Okay, Conyers. How about those subpoenas you were

talkin' about? I'm as interested in seeing whether you will finally carry through as I am in hearing anything Rove et al might actually have to say.

[anitar1]

43. To Another Yellow Dog. I too wonder what happened to Conyers

He must be all hat and no cattle. All of the talk and then nothing. I am sick of some of these people.. Do they represent We, The People? I wonder.I don't have a lot of faith in some of the Dems.

[ToughLuck]

13. That fucking prick, are we surprised?..May you rot in jail one day slime bag.

[acmavm]

14. He's gonna walk without a scratch on his fat, bald, ugly little hide.

He will never, and I do mean never, pay for one of the traitorous and criminal things he did to hurt this poor country. And he will get away with it with the full blessing and assistance of our elected democratic reps.

You wait. You watch. You'll see.

[MuseRider]

17. And because we let him

and all the others off the hook we WILL see them again. Just a matter of time and they will be right back in the power slots. Happens when you do not hold the country and the constitution first, something I used to think the Democratic Party did pretty well.

[acmavm]

20. Exactly! We've already seen this current cast of nasty players

before in our government. Half of them we thought we'd run out of public life. BUT NO, we let 'em slink out and find nice cozy rocks to hide under. Just until the right time for them to come back and make it very very apparent that we should have put them all down a deep, dark hole the first time around.

[progressoid]

21. Yup.

There's no reason for him to testify. Our Democrats won't pull the trigger. (besides, they forgot to load the gun)

[lutefisk]

33. No one in the Bush Regime will ever be held accountable

They are just running out the clock until Bush Junior leaves office or, if necessary, pardons them.

I see no chance of Democrats going after these treasonous criminals once they are out of office. (Look forward, not back...for the good of the country...blah, blah, blah).

[windbreeze]

15. Arrest his contemptuous ass!!

What right does he have to tell the American people to kiss his ass??? Since when is he better than any common criminal??..He is nothing but a citizen just like you and I, would we be allowed to tell Congress to go to hell if they wanted to talk to us???We should all be outraged and calling for heads to roll...This bunch IS NOT above the law, no matter how much they think they are, time to stop treating them with kid gloves..wb

[redqueen]

16. Uh, contempt? Oh wait no, he's rich. They have different rules for the rich. (nt)

[onehandle]

18. Frogmarch him. nt

[stillcool]

23. Jeez...that's too bad...

another politician for whom the rules don't 'matter'.

[LynnTheDem]

24. One law for the bUsh cabal...another law for everyone else.

Coz hypocrisy is the (filthy rich) republican way.

[midnight]

25. So Rove what clear his name. This surely makes

Sielgmans's point very clear-Rove is behind his prosecution.

[liberal N proud]

26. Arrest the son of a bitch

Contempt of Congress, Contempt of the Constitution and Contempt of the American people.

He is guilty on all charges.

This fucker was involved in the destruction of democracy and he doesn't think he has to answer for that? :wtf:

[alfredo]

27. The king and his court is above the law.

[AnneD]

28. THIS....

is why I am so upset that impeachment was taken OFF the table. By doing so, we foster the notion that these folks are above the law. If Nixon had been impeached....we wouldn't be putting up with this shit today. And by not impeaching Bush-the next time around will be even worse!!!!!!! I am going to journal this so I can tell folks "I told you so" when this happens again. Even if the DEMs get a wider margin this time around-I hope that we will show some of our 'leaders' the way to the exits.

[Vidar]

29. Send him to Guatanomo to think it over.

[damntexdem]

30. Slap him with contempt of Congress!

Jail the jerk till he talks!

[Ganja Ninja]

32. The day is coming when this clown is going to find out he's not

above the law. On that day I'm going to go out and enjoy a nice steak dinner and a few rounds of my favorite beverage while I watch him hauled away in an orange jumpsuit.
:toast:

[mhatrw]

35. Maybe if they said "pretty please"?

My God, our Congress is a fucking bad joke.

[nashville_brook]

36. gee, sure would be nice if he were charged with contempt. but, that would assume there's a backbone

somewhere in the halls of Congress. and that would just be silly.

[Raejeanowl]

37. Haul His Ugly Ass In On A Subpoena NOW n/t

[Acadia Blue]

38. Rove looks like porkey pig to me.

[tom_paine]

39. Send the Federal Marshalls to arrest his Goebbels' ass!

Force the Bushies to demonstrate their contempt for America and American. Force them to shoot it out or otherwise face down the Federal Marshalls when they come with the cuffs!

STOP yielding to these fucking criminals!

[trof]

40. Two words: CHICKEN. SHIT. BASTARD.

OK, that's 3.
;-)

[grasswire]

41. Susan McDougal was shackled and put in solitary confinement...

...for her refusal to testify before Kenneth Starr. And she had no crime hanging over her head, like Rove does.

Jail him. Now. Give him the same treatment Susan McDougal was given when she refused to lie about Bill Clinton.

[Elspeth]

47. Thanks for the reminder

Lest we forget the kind of people we are dealing with.

[classysassy]

42. Nancy and the nitwits

why did we put those ass kissing fellow travelers of the bush gang in power?

[barbtries]

44. we were scammed

and thought they'd be good for america. thought they'd force an end to the war. thought they'd right the wrongs in DC. wow. when you think about it, they must be laughing at us as hard as the fucking bushies are. in fact when you think about it they don't seem very different from bushies themselves.

gawd i hope the next wave can right this ship. amen

[Zorra]

45. He's guilty.of multiple felonies. Charge him with inherent contempt

lock him in the basement and leave him there until either he rots or confesses his guilt.

[bean fidhleir]

46. More political posturing and game-playing to keep people upset

The Dems are playing games, making sure this keeps bubbling along so that it's visible toward the election. That's all they and the GOP care about, the election. If the Dems cared about the law or our wellbeing, they'd have begun impeachment and/or indictments of all BushCo villains in Jan 2007 and everything would already be done and dusted. But that wouldn't suit their political need for wedge issues that can be kept bubbling on the stove, so instead we get this step-this-way-step-that-way-twirl-around-bow-to-your-partner routine and letters that tell us how dastardly the GOP is, that they refused, actually refused polite Dem invitations to stick their heads into nooses, and so we should please send lots of money to let the GOP know how much we hate them for it. And the GOP sends letters saying their supporters should send money to let the Dems know how much they're hated for even offering the Roves the chance to perjure themselves.

I find it disgusting.