Rove avoids subpoena by fleeing the country.

[kpete]

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This morning, Karl Rove refused to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to testify about the politicization of the Justice Department, despite a subpoena. During the hearing, Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) revealed that Rove had not only skipped out of the hearing, but had skipped out of the entire country.

more at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/10/rove-avoids-subpoena-by-fleeing-the-country/

[leveymg]

1. The House should seek an InterPol warrant for his arrest as a fugitive terrorist.

Nasty bugger. Hope they stick him in a crowded Turkish jail cell for a while.

[Raster]

21. Oh puhleeze! KKKarl would ENJOY a Turkish jail cell.

[leveymg]

32. Knew someone would take that bait. Only if his cell has a nice steam bath

[Raster]

33. Maybe Jeff Gannon/Guckert/ Bulldog/whoreboy/huster would join him.

[jwirr]

2. Cannon is rovers patsy. I do not feel sorry for him.

[NV Whino]

3. I might go along with this if he stays out of the country.

[frog92969]

15. We want information, information.

[kpete]

19. more here:

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/10/bush-did-not-invoke-executive-privilege-for-rove/

[frog92969]

29. It looks like

if Congress really wants him, they can get him (if he comes back).
The question is, do they really want him.
It could reflect badly on the King.

[bbgrunt]

20. ..and I guess we could then collect all his correspondence

and phone calls etc from homeland security and use them to criminally prosecute him.

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Wow. As if we needed proof of guilt

I wonder if Congress could subpoena information about the travel arrangements? If this trip had been "scheduled long before the subpoena was sent" then such a request won't present a problem. I mean, if you don't have anything to hide, who needs a warrant?

[Zywiec]

6. Can I search your house?

I mean who needs a warrant if you have nothing to hide, right.

:eyes:

[TechBear_Seattle]

9. I was echoing the sentiments of Congress, not my own beliefs

Silly person.

[KansDem]

12. Is this Rove's "White Bronco" moment?

Back off, Coppers! You'll never take the Rover alive!!!

[bdamomma]

35. hey I was thinking the same thing

great minds..........and all that.

[silverweb]

5. Dubai or Saudi Arabia, I'll bet.

Or Paraguay? Who else would even allow him refuge?

[tridim]

7. Since when does a trip trump a congressional subpoena?

Inherent contempt is where this is headed.

[KansDem]

8. ROVE ON THE RUN!!!

No one will understand what I've gotta do
I've gotta find a place to hide with my subpoena by my side
I've been hurt so much, they treat me mean and cruel
They try to keep me far apart, there's only one thing left I can do

I gotta keep searchin', searchin', find a place to hide
Searchin', searchin', subpoena by my side
If I gotta keep on the run I'll follow the sun-ah, wee-ooh
Follow the sun-ah, wee-ooh

Rove on the run, wee-ooh
Rove on the run, wee-ooh

[cascadiance]

18. Red Rover, Red Rover, you HAVE to come over!

[jmondine]

23. Hmm... isn't that called "Cutting and Running"?

[Ilsa]

10. What happened? Did Satan get tired of Saddam?

Oh, here he is:

Let's hope someone at Homeland Security's TSA needs some training in body cavity searches when Rove travels.

[SemperEadem]

11. so that means that when he flies his lard-ass back to this country

he can be slapped in handcuffs at the airport and frog marched off to jail.

I truly do wish congress would get out the freakin' bat and play hardball already.

[Voice for Peace]

13. I don't think he's a-coming back. Remember not long ago he said he expected to

be indicted before the end of the year.. so he HAS been planning this trip for a long time.
Good riddance.

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. Harrumph. He has so many accomplices the airlines probably didn't

charge him for his second piece of luggage. Harrumph.

[bdamomma]

36. airlines??

probably a private jet.

[The Backlash Cometh]

38. Harrumph! Harrumph!

[progressoid]

14. Have a nice crow sandwich Mr. Cannon.

[cascadiance]

17. Probably just "got a new job" in Dubai at Haliburton...

... preparing for when Cheney and the rest of the gang also "get new jobs" there when they leave office!

I wonder what kind of extradition treaty we have with Dubai now!

[pleah]

22. K&R! Please, oh, please, have him jailed for contempt.

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
- Edward R. Murrow




To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
- Abraham Lincoln
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[Pastiche423]

24. Does Mr. Cannon (whoever the fuck he is)

believe that congress is so stupid that if they were aware that kkkarl was going to be out of the country, they would not have rescheduled the hearing?

It is past time to seek Inherent Contempt on his (fat) ass.

[whistle]

25. Rove should now be treated as a fugitive in contempt of Congress

...he should be located and brought back in chains

[ihavenobias]

26. K & R

[DS1]

27. Fuck you, Cannon, you un-American sack of crap

[paparush]

28. Karl should be taken out

behind the woodshed and given a good thrashing.

[Wizard777]

30. I'll have to remember that one. No I can't come to court. I have a long planned trip.

But I have this feeling that the judge wouldn't care if my tickets and hotel reservations were nonrefundable. Once I returned from that long planned trip. I would be taking another trip to the pokey.

What I can't understand is why that woman didn't chastise him for even insinuating that a congressional subpoena is something that you comply with if you don't have anything else to do. :wtf:

[Kierkegaard]

31. The last 7 years have gotten progressively more surreal.

Just one brazen sidestep of justice after another.

[stlsaxman]

34. KICK

[underpants]

37. Oh gee sorry, we didn't know you had a trip planned

Seriously WTF that is the excuse for ignoring a subpoena now???

[happydreams]

39. Sure would like to know what Americans have entered Paraguay lately.

I had a dream that Rove is down there feathering the nest for the rest of the Bushies when they run.

If McCain steals the election he'll just pardon em all anyway.

[lovuian]

40. CIA has arrested criminals all over the world and put them in

prison all over the world what stops them from getting Rove