Send Rove to jail petition passes 100,000

[babylonsister]

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/send_rove_to_jail_petition.html

Send Rove to jail petition passes 100,000
The White House says executive privilege protects Rove from testifying.
Posted July 25, 2008 7:45 AM

The Swamp

by Katie Fretland


A petition to send former White House deputy chief of state Karl Rove to jail over refusing a subpoena to testify before a House committee has gained over 100,000 signatures, according to the group promoting the petition.

Filmaker Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films and netroots activists have pushed for the prosecution of Rove for his refusal to testify earlier this month before the House Judiciary about the firing of federal prosecutors and allegations of selective prosecution of Democrats seen as political opponents.

Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) have threatened to hold Rove in contempt, following an assertion by Rove lawyer Robert Luskin that Rove would not appear for testimony.

The White House has argued executive privilege allows immunity for Rove from testifying and President Bush directed Rove not to testify, according to a letter from Fred F. Fielding, counsel to the president.

However, Conyers and Sanchez reject Rove's claim to privilege. Conyers said Rove's absence to the hearing in which he was called to testify was an "insult to the American people and to the system of checks and balances that are the basis of our constitution and our democracy."

Rove was asked to testify about whether he influenced the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman on corruption charges. While he refused to testify, Rove wrote a letter to ranking committee member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) that he did not try to influence the prosecution in any way.

Johanna Neuman reports the content of Rove's letter at Countdown the Crawford, the Los Angeles Times' blog following the last days of the Bush presidency.







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[Owl]

1. So just WHEN are Conyers and Sanchez actually going to do something about this?

[babylonsister]

2. They haven't confided in me, so I don't know. nt

[kickysnana]

3. What happened with the other 10 petitions I signed since 2000? n/t