Rove deposed in U.S. attorney probe

[jefferson_dem]

Rove deposed in U.S. attorney probe
By JOHN BRESNAHAN & JOSH GERSTEIN | 7/7/09 8:00 PM EDT .

Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was deposed Tuesday by attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee, according to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the panel’s chairman.

Rove’s deposition began at 10 a.m. and ended around 6:30 p.m, with several breaks, Conyers said.

Conyers would not comment on what Rove told congressional investigators, what the next step in the long-running Judiciary Committee investigation would be or whether Rove would face additional questioning.

“He was deposed today,” Conyers said in an interview. “That’s all I can tell you.”

Conyers’ panel had first subpoenaed Rove in 2007 as part of its probe into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. But the Bush White House, citing executive privilege, refused to make Rove or White House Counsel Harriet Miers available for any deposition.

Conyers’ panel responded by filing a civil lawsuit against the White House, eventually winning an appeals court ruling stating that the subpoena was valid.

Miers was interviewed by Judiciary Committee staffers in June.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24668.html#ixzz0KcbjhDQU&D

[malaise]

1. Frog march that

criminal

[Octafish]

10. What malaise said.

and traitor and warmonger

[Botany]

2. 8.5 hours

[Ellipsis]

11. hhahhahahhahhha aaaa hahhaaaah!

:toast:

[Catshrink]

3. Sweet!

Nice to see some news filtering through. Under oath too. Day-um!

[Lint Head]

4. Pig Boy knows that nothing will be done to him.

:dem:

[spanone]

5. good. depositions are normally uncomfortable situations. that's a long day.

[merh]

6. Not long enough

and not uncomfortable enough

what will happen now?

Did he agree to being deposed today knowing that MJ's service would dominate the news?

[shanti]

7. they sure slipped that under the radar

:eyes:

[merh]

8. Hell, Miers testified or was interviewed in June

talk about under the radar

[spanone]

9. well, the media does have major news to handle....

:sarcasm:

[merh]

12. yeah, I guess that's it

:argh: