Bush Crisis: Rove Subpoenaed, Senators Want Gonzales Perjury Probe, Contempt Of Congress

[rodeodance]

Headline from Huff post.com

Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall at the WH about now?


Cheney needs to be on the party!!

[opihimoimoi]

1. Its NIGHTMARE TIME for them NeoCons and PNACers

Watch for desperate moves....

[HereSince1628]

2. The WH has been in a laager since last winter

Goblin Gonzales' performance is part of it and his line hasn't changed a bit.

I doubt today there is much discussion about anything.

[DCKit]

3. A cockroach or rat would fit in better. n/t

[aquart]

4. Wait. Has Rove subpoena been sent?

Did I miss that much today?

[KansDem]

6. From "The Hill"

Leading The News

Leahy issues subpoena for Rove
By Klaus Marre
July 26, 2007

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday issued a subpoena for top White House adviser Karl Rove to compel him to testify about the firing of several U.S. attorneys.

“The evidence shows that senior White House political operatives were focused on the political impact of federal prosecutions and whether federal prosecutors were doing enough to bring partisan voter fraud and corruption cases,” Leahy said. “It is obvious that the reasons given for the firings of these prosecutors were contrived as part of a cover-up and that the stonewalling by the White House is part and parcel of that same effort.”

Leahy issued the subpoenas, one to Rove and one to White House aide Scott Jennings, after consulting with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the committee’s ranking member.

“The Bush-Cheney White House continues to place great strains on our constitutional system of checks and balances,” Leahy added. “Not since the darkest days of the Nixon administration have we seen efforts to corrupt federal law enforcement for partisan political gain and such efforts to avoid accountability.”

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The Hill

on edit: In a letter to Rove, Leahy gives the White House official a week to appear before the panel and testify under oath.

[Sparkly]

5. I love how KO has started using a "White House in Crisis" banner!!

They sure used it enough when Clinton was president. Why is Keith the only one using it now? (You don't have to answer that.)