BREAKING: Rove Subpoenaed by House Judiciary Committee
By Nicole Belle Wednesday May 21, 2008 2:54pm
From the Judiciary Committee:
Conyers Subpoenas Karl Rove (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued a subpoena to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for testimony about the politicization of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman’s case. Yesterday, Rove’s attorney, Robert Luskin, sent a letter to the Committee expressing that Rove would not agree to testify voluntarily, per the Committee’s previous requests.
“It is unfortunate that Mr. Rove has failed to cooperate with our requests,” Conyers said. “Although he does not seem the least bit hesitant to discuss these very issues weekly on cable television and in the print news media, Mr. Rove and his attorney have apparently concluded that a public hearing room would not be appropriate. Unfortunately, I have no choice today but to compel his testimony on these very important matters.”
Separately, Chairman Conyers recently received a letter from DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) indicating that the office has opened an investigation into allegations of selective prosecution of Siegelman and others.
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YAY!
Champagne!!
'BOUT TIME!
Time to watch "little piggy" get his due.
Let the games begin!
Oh the day has reckoned that turd-de-blossom will pay the piper!
Finally! Perhaps it is just as good the dem's waited a bit doing this.. this process will be soo cool to have to help Obama in his fight for the white house :)
YES!!!!! AND I GET OUT OF SCHOOL TODAY!!! LET SUMMER BEGIN!!!
He shouldn't be able to claim executive privilege for this one. If he doesn't show, send the powers that be to throw him in that jail in the basement.
C&L should Photoshop all but his middle finger out of that pic above, because that's what The Big Turd is going to do with the subpoena.
Conyers is a great American. What ever happened to the court filing against the others who cited executive privilege for not appearing? It seems there should be a more expeditious way...
Good news all the same. Giggidy.
Don't know how far it will go but just the fact it's started is absolutely freakin' amazing!! Let the good times roll!!!!!
stick the pig!
I hope they finally tag this fucker for SOMETHING, anything at this point.
Is this a subpoena?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jywejzlr4TA
Why bother, he'll either ignore it or get a pardon if it leads anywhere. Yes, I'm bitter...
WARNING:::
incoming constitutional crisis!!!!
rove won't appear, congress goes to arrest him, DoJ goons confront Sgt. at Arms=ubermess
Who are the OPR? Is this another attempt to dilute the effect of the real hearings by setting up fake ones, like they did with Bloch?
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Now that we know Rove intends to NOT show...
And that Mukasey is the announced Protectorate of the president, refusing to enforce subpoenas by the House Judiciary...
The Full House can now vote for INHERENT CONTEMPT charges!
... but will they agree...?
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About f-ing time!
This is one fat lying pig that will squeal when you stick him! Let's see who he names.
paddy boy @ 15:
True, but maybe the most important thing is that it will cost him a ton of legal fees and maybe break him financially. Don't think that any legal defense fund raising will go on for him since he no longer has an official place in the administration.
Rove likes to talk alot about the truth but not when he's under oath. Hmm, now I wonder why that is . . . ?
He'll ignore it, claim executive privilege, and then it will go to the DOJ where any action will be stonewalled until jan-09. The Dems in the meantime will just bend over and take it in the ass.
Lollimom @ 10:
You may be right, probably are, but I still say ABOUT F-ING TIME!
Just add him to the list of Bush crooks who congress supoenaed and never shows up without consequences.
6 years late...but better late than never.
nochickenhawk @ 20:
I fear that McC and Hillary will issues pardons to this crowd. I am hopeful that Obama won't!
Ryoko @ 22:
the way they like it
no kiss no lube
problem is we get the same injection they do
About DAMN time! I'll be watching C-SPAN with popcorn and drinky-drinks!!!
Can I pick his prison nickname?
Frog march the bastard straight into jail!
BobD @ 28:
Bill Clinton let the Bush and Reagan administrations off the hook when he took office as a sign of good faith to the repugs. We see where that got him.
In a word ... so? Isn't he the 3rd person from this administration to be subpoenaed and the Justice Dept. just ignores it? There are only 2 remedies for the crimes of this group of thugs 1) Inherent Contempt of Congress and have the capitol police go out and arrest Rove next time he's in D.C. or 2) IMPEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone else has ignored the subpoenas. What makes everyone so giddy about this one? I bet Karl's already had it framed and hung it above his desk.
Kald @ 8:
Okay, so I'm still pretty friggin' skeptical as to what ACTUALLY will happen. I still see it as a chance for these people to save their jobs right before election time, after doing nothing for so long. I mean, if he really will slam down his foot and have the bastard frog-marched in, more power to him! But then again, why wait so long for all of this to happen, while innocent people have been dying/living thru torture? If he had reason to subpoena Rove a while ago, why didn't he do so? He could have ignored the subpoena and we could have had him thrown in the basement months ago.
Then again, I'm not going to be bitchin' (too loudly) if it gets done, one way or the other... ;P
Conyers better have Rove's pudgy ass stracked to a lie detector while he is being questioned. Better, conduct a parallel investigation by other means so that when Rove perjurs himself, he can be prosecuted..after Bush leaves office and goes into exile in Paraguay.
Did Conyers go over the heads of Pelosi and Reid on this one?
Is that flop-sweat making his forehead shine like that?
Under oath, please!
Sergeant at Arms stand at the ready sir...
Do you, Turd Blossum, swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
As Nelson would say, "HA! ha."
E Pleb Neesta
GODISNOWHERE
Beware the Red State Menace
The Declaration of Independence says "Nature's god" once and "their creator" once.
The Constitution has no mention of either. In particular no "so help me god" in the president's oath of office. If I tacked on "so help me Loki" or "so help me Fred, my daughter" or "so help me, me" would it still count?
Hardly grounds for defining us as a christian nation.
Rove and the WH expected this all along. This will drag on and on for who knows how long.
We'll see Bush impeached before we see The Human Turd answers any questions UNDER OATH.
It will be interesting to see how Rove's newfound media employers at Newsweek, Fox News, and The Wall Street Journal handle this development.
It will also be worth noting how Beltway opinion-makers in the press, who in recent weeks have been praising Rove for his second act as a full-time pundit, deal with Rove being arrested. This time, I think they just might do it.
LanceThruster @ 25:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swcjg4WmoXk
Rove
Bush
Cheney
Rumsfeld
Wolfowitz
Gonzales
Jean Schmit
Rush Limbaugh
Mike Savage (Weiner)
These are my picks for prosecution.
Ryoko @ 22:
Exactly. This isn't the pony we've been hoping for.
Expect a cascade of motions and appeals. Anything to drag it out past the November elections to keep another possible scandal from hurting McCain by association.
Even if he does appear, this man who can cite specifics about congressional elections in the 1890s will break Alberto Gonzales's Olympic record of number of "I don't recall" claims per hour.
The one thing in the past eight years that Bush has gotten right was to bestow the name "Turdblossom" on Rove.
To paraphrase Clarence Darrow, I would never wish any man dead, but I would read that word on his tombstone with great pleasure.
If he shows up he'll probably take the fifth on every question, but hey, I'll take what little pleasure I can get right now. So, the drinks are on me.
He's scheduled to testify right after Harriet Myers and Josh Bolten. I'll hold my breath until it happens.
blogenfreude @ 49:
What? No pony? Now you're gonna make me cry.
blogenfreude @ 49:
yeh. :( But who knows, maybe it just took that long to go swimming through all the e-mails/archives/phone records to find the nut-clinching evidence against the whole administration, and it had to be Rove, or the whole investigation would lead nowhere..? Maybe they didn't give a flying f*ck about Miers et all, because it would spoil the surprise they have for Rove, Cheney, and Bush. That would make me supremely happy, but I'm not going to hold my breath for it.
DOJ would look like shit if they pass on this one - it's not 2005 anymore - the heat is on.
All the more so with a new Administration waiting in the wings.
Here's hoping he DOES ignore it - hell yeah: open-&-shut charge of criminal contempt.
Also a possible additional conspiracy &/or aiding & abetting charge.
Pity he can't be nailed on RICO too ... or should I say not YET.
Don't let Conyers push ya around, Turd Blossom ... c'mon, show everyone what a big man you are!
Orange overalls: the GOP chic fashion-statement for 2009.
After some "negotiations" , he will testify but ..
Not under oath,
In the comfort of his office,
no cameras, recording devices or transcripts,
With Dick Cheney holding his hand,
For 10 mins only and not a second more.
Lollimom @ 10:
Like this? Karl w/finger
I hope it drags on through November. I don't know the legal ins and outs, but I imagine a world where bushco's dirty laundry is aired through election season, and Rove is hung out to dry with nobody to pardon his fat ass.
We need to be careful we are not falling for another one of Rove's tricks!!!!
Ha! Just kidding.
Remember when every breaking republican scandal always brought out the concern trolls to tell us that, by spreading the news, we were somehow falling for a Rove trick of some sort.
Throw him in Guantanamo.
When will he have to appear?
Bush will never let him get in there.
frogmarch the fucker!
No matter what becomes of this, the only handcuffs or jails this man will ever see, is on "Cops". Wanna bet on it?
boosh will pardon him.
Remember Libby's comment to Judy Miller way back when, about them all being connected at the roots like aspens. I'm pretty sure that means they will all get pardons if they are found guilty for their many crimes. So I'm sure there is a pardon some place with Karl's name on it. Just the same, it will be fun to see him sweat a little and perhaps to have some facts see the light of day.
If bush was pissy about the NBC interview, I betcha he's super duper pissed about this.
playitaliangames.com @ 34:
I couldn't agree more. As much as I'd like to see something come of this, I'm guessing he'll bob and weave until Jan '09 and the White House will support him. The Democrats need to grow some balls and follow through with this thing, no matter how far it goes and what it takes, but we all know they won't press it to the fullest extent.
So what's the big deal? Isn't this the 3rd of 4th time he's been subpoenaed by this congress?
Nothing is gonna happen. Again
We need some new Democrats in office, with a spine.
Forgive me, I'm honestly not trying to be glib but ... So?
Just keep tightening those screws. Slowly if needs be, just keep 'em tightening.
Hot Damn. Congress stopped postureing and finally did something. It ain't done yet though they need to follow this through to the end. I would love to see him carted off in cuffs though.
He got himself stuck too, either he takes the fall himself or he tries to claim executive privilege and throws Bush/Cheney under the bus.
Bout time. I'd like to see the little pig frog marched off to jail. That would really make my day. Keep up the great work Mr. Conyers and don't stop at Rove. We the People are behind you.
Does it really matter anymore? No.
Options:
1] He won't testify. Long protraced legal battle ensues. End of story.
2] He will testify but won't remember anything. End of story.
3] He will testify. Lie. Face charges. Be found guilty. Be pardoned on Bush's last day in office. That is unless we can get rid of Bush first along with Cheney.
rustyk4 @ 70:
He won't be able to claim executive privilege.
He got served!
Hope his hand doesn't catch fire when he puts it on the Bible.
It is a crime that Rove has not already been tried and found guilty of treason against the USA and executed.
Whaddaya know...they stopped talking and finally did something!
Now the $250,000 question is...will it make any difference? We all know there's virtually no chance that Rove will obey the subpoena
If you're waiting for justice to be served -- don't hold your breath.
AY-freakin'-MEN!
A truckload-full of Presidential pardons are forthcoming, including a special one for Rove. So as far as anything significant coming of this, I'm reminded of something that Donny Brascoe said: "Fergetaboutit."
He will ignore it and get by with it just like Harriet Miers.
He won't testify, the arrogant little prick. It's nice to have the most corrupt, malleable and dishonest Administration to ever server in your corner, ain't it?
Was just over at the WaPo website. I didn't see any mention of this story, unless of course it was deeply buried. Is Rove being subpoenaed not newsworthy?? Why is everyone so afraid of this little oinker?
Yaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ron @ 9:
I wouldn't think so either. "I am not a lawyer" but wouldn't he implicate the White House if he tried to claim executive privilege in the Siegelman case?
paddy boy @ 15:
+1
You are right. He'll throw up all possible legal blockades to stall as long as possible, then Bush will pardon him on his way out the door in January.
Sorry folks...nothing is going to come of this. Power has its privileges...even for assholes.
Isn't it a sign of mental incompetence when someone replies "I don't know" to so many important questions and about events of such magnitude that 99% of human beings (by including the whole world, I don't need to subtract out the percentage of repugs in the US) would have the event etched in their minds?
And so be remanded to the state for custody?
One definition of psychosis is the inability to discern the difference between one's psychotic, imaginary world the real one (actually the one considered real by the majority of human beings.)
Isn't that grounds for being held for observation?
As for a nickname:
Just like your dad.
or
Don't I know you?
or
No closets in prison, biatch.
or simply: "Asshole"
EPN
Van @ 90:
Especially for assholes. These kinds of people would never make good SpiderMen. They don't believe that "with great power comes great responsibility"; they only see the opportunity to abuse others.
:P
I ain't holding my breath.
Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised, but until then it's: "file under futile."
Rove ignores it. Democrats bluster, but do nothing : 10 to 1 on
Rove complies. Testimony is amnesia filled : 3 to 1 on
Rove complies. Perjures himself. : Evens
Rove ignores it. Democrats "escalate" it somehow, maybe arresting Rove : 50 to 1
Rove complies. Tells the truth. 10,000,000 to 1
naschkatze Hussein @ 89:
We can hope, but if he implicates Bush, then Bush wouldn't be able to pardon him if charges are brought against Bush.
Won't someone please think of the children?
Andrew @ 60:
Yes, that nicely sums up what The Big Turd's (and The Shrub's) reaction will be.
A prison term for Rove puts a whole new meaning to his nickname "turdblossom"
Just try and stay out of my way. Just try! I'll get you, my pretty and your little dog too!
Mainstream media: "Karl Rove was subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee today...HEY, is that Paris Hilton over there?!"
rustyk4 @ 70:
Let's see, Bush has already pardoned Libby so we would expect nothing less from him if others are convicted.... unless we establish our investigation now and hold all trials after Obama is in office. I do not think a person can be pardoned for something you have not been charged with. It's not like Chimpy was god able to forgive all sins.
SassySandy @ 85:
It only took Coyners 4 to 5 months to issue subpeonas to H. Miers and J. Bolten
(after, of course, sending them and the DoJ some nasty, demanding, threatening
letters..which accomplished nothing), so if Coyners is serious and follows his usual and customary time frame, it will be at least sometime AFTER the Nov. 08 elections that he will set any committee hearings.
Consequently, this is just another example of Coyners doing the political "posturing
and pandering" for the voters,with no real intent to accomplish anything soon. This
is just more of the "dog and pony" show we have grown accustomed to by this do nothing Congress.
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Saint Augustine @ 105:
i do not believe a presidential pardon is effective against civil charges, only criminal ones.
Just wondering, can w pardon anyone after he's out of office?
It's about time
I'll have to watch Faux Newz tonight, so I won't be mad when the channel I'm watching doesn't bother to cover this story.
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Dont hold your breath Just hot air coming out of Conyers pie hole
dave @ 113:
"Hear, hear", I agree.
Doggiebobo @ 114:
Conyers could go a long way towards redeeming himself if he follows through on this. It is doubtful though.
President PNACcio @ 46:
Not only his employers, but the rest of MSM. Oh, the sure-to-be silence will be deafening.
fastfeat @ 116:
He's only been subpoenaed, not arrested. Big difference.
sassafra @ 107:
From Wiki
The pardon power of the President extends only to offenses cognizable under U.S. Federal law.
The Justice Department recommends anyone requesting a pardon must wait five years after conviction or release prior to receiving a pardon. A presidential pardon may be granted at any time, however, and as when Ford pardoned Nixon, the pardoned person need not yet have been convicted or even formally charged with a crime.
So I was wrong, Rove and others could be pardoned with out being charged. The question I will have if Chimpy does pardon some of his people for crimes they committed , what were the crimes?
I begining to think impeachment of Bush and Cheney should begin soon.
Good luck with that. Subpoenaed? HA...Rove is probably buying drinks all around at his favorite bar, having a big laugh.
abarts @ 120:
You mean his favorite 'trough' don't you?
Rove better watch out. If he ignores this subpoena he may receive another strongly worded letter.
Wolfboy and his sidekick blathering on right now about this. Paraphrasing: Since Justice Dept won't force Miers to testify, Rove probably won't show either. Absolutely NO discussion about the politicization of the Justice Dept; just, basically, oh well, he doesn't have to show up. Jeezz...
Fuck you, Wolfboy and CNN!
abarts @ 120:
Just show up on the mother f@ckers door with guns and badges. If the fat piggy refuses to go to jail then you beat him down, like any other common criminal that resists arrest.
Get the shackles. Call the sergeant at arms. Open that cell in the basement of Congress. Alert video journalists-- (we gotta see this.)
This will be another example of how much these SOB's hate the Rule of Law and there are still retards out there that support these ass hats.
It's Showtime!
The only breaking news I want to see on this fat slug is:
'Rove frogmarched into custody on criminal charges'... with footage showing him in legirons and cuffs with a no nonsnese set of lawmen entourage to escort his punk ass into a paddy wagon....THAT'S what I want to see... Congressional subpoenas this pig will just ignore??? Don't much give a rats ass about them anymore... Too much like just another cocktease at a strip club lapdancing and fleecing money with no real payoff....JD
paddy boy @ 15:
Even more reason we need to make sure there is a Dem in the White House. McCain would pardon all these criminals. I say wait till Chimpy McFlightsuit leaves office, we get a Dem in the Oval Office then go after the whole damn sorry bunch at once and let America's healing begin.
Nothing will happen...
He may show, and share some information, but most of it "he won't remember".
Think Ronald Regan
Think Alberto Gonzales.
Think of Candy Rice.
No memories....no action will be taken.
More fluff from the other half of "checks and balances".
Mark my words.
Saint Augustine @ 122:
very interesting, thanks for the info.
HAHAHAHAHAHA...that's Karl and me laughing at this latest subpoena from big, bad, tough House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers. Will he appear like he, Miers or Bolton did when they got one of John's "subpeona" last year. Huh? What d'ya thin? But it looks good ONCE AGIAN as Converyers heads home for his summer break but leaves the place a bussin' AGAIN with ANOTHER of his laughable pre-summer break antics to nowhere. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Stop it. You're killing me. Literally.
Don't let him run out the clock. Vote for inherent contempt and put this treasonous degenerate in cuffs.
Well, I'm sure the Attorney General will give the matter all due attention. Wake me when something actually happens.
Send that Joey Goebels wanna be [Deleted-Sitemonitor] to prison where he belongs. Then hold a trial on his ass among the others and find them guilty on massive counts of murder.
I am no lawyer but it seems that executive privilege in the Seigelmen case would implicate the President in a crime. If KKKarl discussed the criminal activities with the Chimp, the Chimp is involved in the criminal activities of KKKarl. If he doesn't the Chimp is off the hook, for now. They should drag his ass to the Congress and imprison him in the basement. Since torture is such a good device for us to use on captives, use waterboarding on the fat bastard.
Indict, convict, punish.
I've thought about this. Turdblossum is out of favor at the WH. My bet is that if they even think he is going to say anything, that they'll just make sure he is "accidented" or "heart attacked" or "stroked" or is "untimely demised" by some other unfortunate event.
I just want to see that pig sweat under the hot lights.
If he does ignore the subpeona then FNC needs to be innundated with demands that Rove be removed from it's line up.
A news network that promotes itself as a patriotic network that loves America wouldn't want to employ a person who is in contempt of congress, would they?.
He is to busy on Fox News spinning the truth.
2 words: Frog March.
America deserves nothing less.
Well, they could transport him to Gitmo and Deny him access to a lawyer.
yeah sure.
I have thrown out 10 lbs of stale popcorn.
waitin.....
'bout damn time.
This isn't news.
My money bets that: Rove ignores it, Dems bluster to act like they're doing something, nothing happens, they all take fat checks from GE and Exxon and meet up at some steak house in DC and denigrate the waitstaff as "the little people."
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 45:
This s a good start but definitely not the end. It goes on and on and on and on, etc.
Would any of these people tell the truth? (under oath or under torture?)
Ans.: NO
Have fun in jail KKKARL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsiht-Be_Rg
About time! Although I am cautiously optimistic, I am glad that the Dems have finally put the subpeona at Karl Rove's door.
It's about time Congress goes Lord of the Flies on Little Karl for the world to see.
Ryan in IL @ 11:
Let it stall so by the time the trial is over Bush has already left office so he can't pardon that fat sonofabitch.
bill DOH @ 134:
Rove will die before admitting everything, and it won't be natural causes. Someone he holds a lot of secrets about will make sure it looks like natural causes.
That is, if this gets far enough.
They have issued subpoenas before. They were ignored. NOTHING was done about it. What makes anyone think it will be different this time?
No one's ass is getting kicked.
It's theater.
I hope there's a strategy that drags it out long enough for Bush to be out of office before they drop the hammer on this POS (and a host of others). I don't think there's any mechanism for preemptive pardons (not that Shrub didn't ignore a rash of other legal restrictions).
A step in the right direction. Whether it's more than that or not remains to be seen. But it does represent a change from the past.
Is this a symbolic gesture, or do they actually think that Turd Blossom is going to show up? They're gonna have to haul him in. And if they do, do they expect him to tell the truth?
Paul @ 125:
Justice either way.
TOAD MARCH!!!!!
paddy boy @ 15:
I fear you are absolutely right. This is all much ado about nothing. Worse yet, after indicted and possibly found guilty, sentenced and pardoned, he'll just write a book and make a buck off the whole affair.
Fiddle-dee-dee.
Big whup. Dem subpoenas are worth zilch without the spine to enforce them. If the GOP had this much dirt on the Dems the next five months would be a broken record of shreiking manipulation to win the election. Instead we have the wussy Hilary-Obama variety hour, where neither has capitalized on GOP incompetence/evil.
That's the definition of PATHETIC.
I long for the day of the helicopter footage of Turd Blossom fleeing his warrant for arrest in a white Ford Bronco.
Rusty Shackleford @ 145:
No sleep loss here.
To prevent a pardon go after these Republican criminals after we increase our majorities in congress and put a Dem in the White House. Might be best just to wait at this point. Less than a year till Chimpy McPardon leaves office. Do it then.
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