Senators Call For Gonzales Perjury Probe...Subpoena Rove

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Senate Democrats called for a perjury investigation against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday and subpoenaed top presidential aide Karl Rove in a deepening political and legal clash with the Bush administration.

"It has become apparent that the attorney general has provided at a minimum half-truths and misleading statements," four Democrats on 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, in remarks on the Senate floor.

"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.

Perhaps Rove will bring along with him the missing but recently found 35,000+ emails?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070726/congress-gonzales/

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1. Hasta la vista, executive privilege! It's a criminal investigation thing now

Rules are in favor of the team on the Hill!

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/26/01945/0694

The Supreme Court has affirmed Congressional power to investigate possible criminal or unlawful conduct of executive branch officials in McGrain v. Daugherty. In fact, Congressional investigative powers are at its peak when probing whether executive branch officials have committed criminal conduct. This probe is a type of "criminal proceeding" because Congress is investigating "suspected illegal conduct" or "alleged abuses of authority" (pdf file) at hearings in which people testify under oath or face potential contempt, including the possibility of jail time. The investigation is valid as long as Congress is considering potential legislation to address or remedy the alleged misconduct of executive branch officials.

There are two key components of this type of oversight powers: (1) Congress investigates alleged criminal or unlawful conduct by executive branch officials for the (2) purpose of potential legislation to address the alleged misconduct.

Hasta la vista, executive privilege! :woohoo:

[movonne]

2. I don't know if anything will really happen...after googling the dlc and

reading about their agenda, i'm very skeptical about most of the dems...and now vacation time is coming just when things are getting hot...so we will see how they handle this.

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3. vacation time is coming in DC and in Iraq, both places seem to be too hot right now...

but it's not too hot for Patrick Fitzgerald