Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Rove Cited for Contempt

The Associated Press reports:

A House panel Wednesday voted to cite former top White House aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress as its Senate counterpart publicly pursued possible punishments for an array of alleged past and present Bush administration misdeeds.

Voting along party lines, the House Judiciary Committee said that Rove had broke the law by failing to appear at a July 10 hearing on allegations of White House influence over the Justice Department, including whether Rove encouraged prosecutions against Democrats.

The committee decision is only a recommendation, and it was unclear whether Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would allow a final vote. Rove has denied any involvement with Justice decisions, and the White House has said Congress has no authority to compel testimony from current and former advisers.
If Congress doesn't have the spine to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney, the least we deserve is to see Karl Rove behind bars.

The American people have paid a price ... Iraqi civilians have paid a price ... and journalists and program hosts like Phil Donahue, Ashleigh Banfield, and Bill Maher have paid a price.

The Bush Administration has taken no responsibility, or paid any price, for their actions.

Contact the Speaker and urge her to hold Karl Rove accountable.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

This guy has been deadly. What a sad mark on American history.

Swinebread said...

We can only dream this guy is going to jail... but I hope it comes true

Randal Graves said...

I dream that I have a dream that this guy is going to jail and all I dream is him hawking his lie-saturated memoirs in a few years.

Dean Wormer said...

Inherent Contempt is what I want. Otherwise they're just going through the motions.

Comrade Kevin said...

I really hope they can nail him on something, though the skeptical side of me thinks it won't amount to much.