The Senate Judiciary Committee Issues New DEADLINE For Karl Rove's Emails

[kpete]

Senate Committee to Gonzales: AHEM
By Paul Kiel - May 16, 2007, 12:22 PM

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena for any of Karl Rove's emails in the Department's possession that might be relevant to the U.S. attorney firings. The deadline was 2 PM yesterday. The deadline came and went. And now Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) and ranking member Arlen Specter (R-PA) are angry.

“You ignored the subpoena, did not come forward today, did not produce the documents and did not even offer an explanation for your noncompliance,” the senators wrote in a lettter to Alberto Gonzales today. “Your action today is in defiance of the Committee’s subpoena without explanation of any legal basis for doing so.” You can read the letter here. http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/leahy-gonzales-subpoena/

The senators set a new deadline, this Friday at May 18, 10 AM. If the Justice Department does not respond to the subpoena, the senators ask that they at least explain why they're not responding "so that the Chairman and the Committee can assess any objections to the subpoena or privileges claimed by the Department."

"The Committee intends to get to the truth," they conclude.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003231.php

[Tesla]

1. They'll just ignore them, I mean whom does the Senate think they are??

"If the Justice Department does not respond to the subpoena, the senators ask that they at least explain why they're not responding "so that the Chairman and the Committee can assess any objections to the subpoena or privileges claimed by the Department."

[ClassWarrior]

2. If the freaks don't comply, Leahy needs to send the Capitol Police...

...to haul them in in handcuffs.

NGU.

[Perky]

16. Wow that would be interesting to watch

But I mean if the fBI can go to Jefferson's Office then turn around is fair play.

[whistle]

3. This should be the LAST deadline and if Rove and Rice ignore

....these requests again they should be impeached and/or censured. Haul their asses out of their positions and throw them out of government service, period!

[shraby]

4. As a mother, I can tell Leahy from experience that

saying "I'm only telling you once" and "for the last time..." and "I mean what I said" don't work. Enforcement of a request must be immediate and to the point and not put off until "tomorrow". The quicker he remembers this truth, the quicker he'll see the emails.

[KCS72000]

10. I agree

Its time for some action,or they will never be taken seriously.

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[annabanana]

19. EVERY Mother knows this. There should ALREADY have

been consequences for this blatant disregard of the legal authority of Congress.

[Norquist Nemesis]

23. Agreed, but given the DOJ and packing of the courts over Bush's term

they may also be looking at whose court this would be ending up in should they take it there. Also, as soon as it hits the courts it will be drawn out as long as possible by the WH...if they can just get past January 20something, 2009.

[montanacowboy]

5. haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

just keep threatening and huffing and puffing; that will get you somewhere

Disgusted, just simply disgusted

[EST]

6. By golly, that's tellin' em!

Way to be strong and forceful, guys! That oughta have 'em trembling in their boots.

[L. Coyote]

7. Building a CASE step-by-step leads to GUILTY in the end. Plus K&R

Sort of a "get out of town by sunset" moment at this week's end!

Help build the list of Bush-Gates in one thread with a link to one (or ten) here:

Yesterday was a GREAT DAY for Falwell TO DIE. Or, the Buffalo Jump to Hell.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x899312

[Botany]

8. No way "they" will give up the e mails .....

.... pretty sure that in the e mails are smoking guns about election manipulations
& stopping of investigations that focused on republicans and the military / Industrial
complex.

[ORDagnabbit]

9. stop or I'll say stop again. congress is a toothless joke.

[spanone]

11. Constitutional Crisis is Looming. Bring it on mr. gonzales. America is bigger than these fucks.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. From this I gather that they've not given any dialogue on why they've not complied

Is Alberto Gonzales simply acting as if they never issued the subpoenas? Or was there some sort of denial as to their need to comply made at some point that I don't recall?

[EFerrari]

20. It could be that Junior and Torquemada are haggling to see what

Leahy will settle for.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

22. Good point

And very possibly what's taking place.

[shanti]

13. thumbing their nose at us

they are :(

[Solly Mack]

14. snort

[radfringe]

15. now it's beginning to sound like the

junk mail that says "this is your last chance", and after not responding to the brazillion other "this is your last chance" mail you still receive even more "this is your last chance" mail

[Annces]

17. Why give them another chance. It sounds like they have no real intent

to bust them on this, just whine about it.

[chaska]

18. Or what?

[Supersedeas]

21. Oversight...you don't get no stinking oversight...

[liam_laddie]

24. Just called the Judiciary Committee office: 202-224-7703

and told them that THIS Democrat has HAD IT with Gonzo, Rove, et al. Told him it's waaay past time
to go to the White House with US Marshalls and Capitol Police, haul their asses into court, jail,
whatever the procedures are. Pat Leahy's Senate office is 202-224-4242.
:kick:

[in_cog_ni_to]

25. How many chances do these rat bastards get? They are not going to turn over the emails.

They WANT this to go to court. Why are our Dems being so damn accommodating?