SJC- Bolten & Rove in contempt of congress

[lame54]

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1322295820071213
Lawmakers vote to hold Bolten and Rove in contempt

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(Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to hold two top aides to President George W. Bush in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate in its probe of fired federal prosecutors.

On a largely party-line vote of 11-7, the Democratic-led panel sent contempt citations against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to the full Senate for consideration.

As with many of Bush's battles with the Democratic-led Senate, the president may ultimately prevail since his fellow Republicans may be able to block the citations with a procedural hurdle.

Bush has claimed executive privilege to protect aides from complying with congressional subpoenas demanding documents or testimony in an investigation into the firing last year of nine U.S. attorneys. The committee has rejected his privilege claim as unfounded.

[bdamomma]

1. yea, let's see how far this will go before its chopped.

[NightWatcher]

2. Intersting!!!, I cant wait to see what'll happen with it. I think I know, but I hope it sticks

[mike_c]

3. not yet-- the judiciary committee isn't the whole senate...

...but this is at least a step in the right direction.

[Inuca]

4. I wonder who the 2nd republican vote was

beyond Specter.

[bluestateguy]

5. In a way I am in awe of what the Bush team has done here

I wish the Clinton people had done it this way vis a vis Dan Burton's nonsense investigations: just declare everything and everybody privileged, and dare them to do something about it; oh, and fire Ken Starr too.

[spanone]

6. k&R