House committee asks Rove to testify about ex-Ala. governor

[Kadie]

House committee asks Rove to testify about ex-Ala. governor
By BEN EVANS, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 23 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked former White House adviser Karl Rove to testify about claims that he influenced a federal corruption case against former Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama.

The panel also called on the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate allegations that political motivations drove the Siegelman case and several other federal prosecutions during the Bush administration.

Issuing a lengthy report on possible "selective prosecution," the committee cited cases against Pennsylvania coroner Cyril Wecht and Wisconsin state procurement official Georgia Thompson as other examples that are ripe for review.

Like the Siegelman prosecution, both cases had political undercurrents, with critics saying they were engineered by White House-appointed prosecutors to hurt Democrats during election season. A judge recently declared a mistrial in the Wecht case, and a conviction against Thompson was overturned last year.

Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., accused Attorney General Michael Mukasey of not taking the allegations seriously and of blocking congressional requests for documents. Conyers said the evidence presented thus far threatens to undermine public faith in the judicial system.

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[YDogg]

1. "asks?"

:wtf:

[MadMaddie]

2. So when Rove says "No" then what?

[yourout]

6. Here is the real problem.....the Pukes will fight any and everything all the way to the SCOTUS...

And they own the SCOTUS.

[MadMaddie]

8. And that's why when I read about DU'rs saying

they won't for a Dem if their candidate doesn't win the nomination it annoys me to no end.

If anyone want's justice, "It's the Supreme Court"!!

[yourout]

10. In the end we need to sell the idea that anything other then a Dem vote is a vote for.....

the next Scalia.

[yourout]

3. Sure looks like Mukasey is an upgrade...........NOT!

Just another Bushco bootlicker.

[stellanoir]

4. He's already been subpoenaed in terms of the firings of the federal prosecutors.

He ignored it and got away with it. He's gotten away with treason in the Plame case.

What makes you think that he'll comply now?

[L. Coyote]

9. Yes, first they ask. Meanwhile, contempt is in process for another subpoena.

[L. Coyote]

5. Mukasey is undermining "faith" in justice! ?? WE are so past faith in justice in the USA!

[pleah]

7. I am really starting to hate these people. They "ask" him to testify??!!

GFDI! So what are they going to do if he refuses? Wring their hands and pout?:banghead: