Senate subpeona’s Karl Rove

Published: July 26, 2007, 4:11 pm

Tags: harriet miers, patrick leahy, u s attorney firings, u s attorney firing scandal, josh bolton, power games, gop culture of corruption, u s senate, karl rove, alberto gonzales, arlen specter, politics

Hat tip: by Klaus Marre, the Hill Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday issued a subpoena for top White House adviser Karl Rove to compel him to testify about the firing of several U.S. attorneys. The evidence shows that senior White House political operatives were focused on the political impact of federal prosecutions and whether federal prosecutors were doing enough to bring partisan voter fraud and corruption cases, Leahy said. It is obvious that the reasons given for the firings of these prosecutors were contrived as part of a cover-up and that the stonewalling by the White House is part and parcel of that same effort. Leahy issued the subpoenas, one to Rove and one to White House aide Scott Jennings, after consulting with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the committee's ranking member. The Bush-Cheney White House continues to place great strains on our constitutional system of checks and balances, Leahy added. Not since the

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