BREAKING: House Judiciary Committee will issue subpoenas to 4 of the fired prosecutors this p.m.

[kpete]

BREAKING: House Committee to Subpoena Ousted Prosecutors
By Paul Kiel - March 1, 2007, 4:42 PM

The House Judiciary Committee will be issuing subpoenas to four of the fired prosecutors this afternoon, according to a committee spokesperson.

The U.S. attorneys who will receive a subpoena are California's Southern District's Carol Lam, New Mexico's David Iglesias, Arkansas' Eastern District's H.E. "Bud" Cummins, and Washington's Western District's John McKay. They will testify next Thursday before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

More soon.
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002657.php

[nebenaube]

1. SWEET!!!!!! N/T

[babylonsister]

2. Ahhh, the smell of truth is getting closer! Thanks, kpete! nt

[uppityperson]

3. good. k&r

:rofl: neener neener neener

[blogslut]

4. K&R

and that makes five. :)

[cali]

5. Yes, yes and yes!

I can't wait to hear from them.

[w8liftinglady]

yes...finally

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

6. Now THIS Could Get Interesting.

God I love the fact we have subpoena power! :toast:

[bonito]

7. It's happening

YES!:kick:

[helderheid]

8. YIPPEEEEEE!!!!

:grouphug:

[WiseButAngrySara]

9. Oh a HUGE kick! This is good. k(pete)nr. ....n/t

[tanyev]

10. Woo-hoo! (x4)

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Parche]

11. Judges

Break out the popcorn!!!!

[Gregorian]

12. Now we're talkin'!

Yippee.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

13. Bud Cummins has already given press interviews.

A pretty lengthy article appeared in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sometime maybe last week or the week before. (Don't have the link right now - if anyone is interested, I'll look for it.)

[cascadiance]

14. Hope this helps us get started by taking down Gonzales!

I still think impeaching him (which would be a lot easier with a simple majority requirement in the Senate) will be a lot easier. We can point to many "on the fence" battleground state Republicans up for re-election in 2008 that they don't want to be looked at as the one vote to stand in the way of getting rid of a criminal if we get the goods on Gonzales. I think it would be doable. Getting the prosecutors to speak would be a good first step in getting this to happen.

Once we take care of Gonzales, that might get the steamroller ready for other impeachments, once the public sees the process work for them. Especially if getting rid of Gonzales actually can show tangible results in stopping some egregious efforts by himself and replacing him with someone more sane.

[bleever]

15. The first subpoenas of the 110th Congress.

An auspicious beginning.

[AlCzervik]

16. the power of the subpoena, that will never get old.

gotta love it.

[wiggs]

17. How much time and money was spent investigating Travelgate? Travelgate was literally

nothing, yet the press and GOP turned it into watergate revisited. Here we have what could be a serious abuse of power and getting attention is like pulling teeth.

[Wednesdays]

29. Travelgate? How about "Haircutgate"??

Now granted, there wasn't any money spent on investigations, but rivers of press ink was devoted to the HORRIBLE scandal that Clinton held up air traffic on the runway while he was getting a $200 haircut. (The story was later thoroughly debunked, even though freeper-types still circulate it even today.)

[Jack Rabbit]

18. And then we'll get Gonzo to lie to the committee . . . I mean, testify

And then we'll impeach that bastard to get the party rolling.

[bananarepublican]

24. While testifying could he be hooked up to a polygraph? n/t

[Canuckistanian]

27. How about high voltage electrodes?

Torture is legal now.

*Zap!* I'm sorry, Mr. Attorney-General, that answer was incorrect. Do you want to try to answer that question again?

[bananarepublican]

31. Excellent! A polygraph with legal electrodes!! For Gonzales, what a great idea. n/t

[Plaid Adder]

19. EXcellent!

I guess the administration forgot the first rule, which is: don't piss off the lawyers.

Let the head-rolling begin!

:popcorn:

The Plaid Adder

[diane in sf]

20. Yes!!!!! I want to see all sorts of subpoenas for the next two years and beyond! eom

[Lugnut]

21. Sah-weet!

My fondest wish is to OD on popcorn. :popcorn: K&R for the late night gang.

[Quantess]

22. as paris hilton might say, "THAT'S HOT!"

:kick:

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. popcorn anyone?

[Hubert Flottz]

25. SAY AMEN...SOMEBODY!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. Gotta Love John!!!!!!

:loveya:

[jarnocan]

28. thank you! a good sign, nt

[lovuian]

30. Its about time!!!

Let them go on the record at why they fired them