Pelosi wants Bush aides investigated »
Posted By not2needy 1 year, 8 months ago in NewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand jury investigation into whether Josh Bolten, the White House chief of staff, and Harriet Miers, President Bush's former counsel, should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.
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not2needy1 year, 8 months ago
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FTA:
The Democratic-controlled House voted two weeks ago to hold Bolten and Miers in contempt for failing to cooperate with committee investigations.
"There is no authority by which persons may wholly ignore a subpoena and fail to appear as directed because a president unilaterally instructs them to do so," Pelosi wrote Attorney General Michael Mukasey. She noted that Congress subpoenaed Miers to appear before the House Judiciary Committee, which is investigating the firings.
Maybe someone should have told Bush this when he instructed them not to appear for questioning!
I wonder if exec priv is going to get them out of it again!
Probably.
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not2needy1 year, 8 months ago
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Also FTA:
At the time, the Bush administration was no less harsh, saying the information sought by the House was off-limits under executive privilege and that Bolten and Miers were immune from prosecution. The White House said the department would not ask the U.S. attorney to pursue the House contempt charges.
How can the information be "off limits"? Bush is amazing, he never stops.
Is that how the emails got erased? Off limits, due to exec priv! EGAD!
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injest1 year, 8 months ago
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"The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers, said he hoped Pelosi's demand would spur the department to "put the partisan manipulation of our system of justice behind it" and take the issue to a grand jury."
Oh YES please do that!
Convene a grand jury to determine if jobs that are political appointments based politics are somehow influenced by politics.
Ya that will be a hoot!
Go for it Nancy you can only lose 11% approval rating for congress!
And that's the 11% who still believe something wrong was done.
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injest1 year, 8 months ago
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Tcaros1 year, 8 months ago
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Here's a list of folks who should be investigated for contempt, crimes against Americans, and treason:
David Addington - the illegal "signing statements" that Bush signed.
John Yoo - failure to protect the rights of Americans under the 4th Amendment.
Alberto Gonzalez - illegal domestic spying, authorizing illegal torture, covering up for the Bush administration.
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injest1 year, 8 months ago
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"This was such a glaring case of contempt of Congress that it absolutely HAD to be pursued. To let this slide would be to openly declare that law only applies to little people."
Uh, ET, Fact check, with an 11% approval rating there's a whole lot of "contempt" for congress out there.
11% is only half of the loony left and the loony right. However they are eligible for a life time achievement award.
This Congress has attained what seemed un-attainable, truly historic.
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donald511 year, 8 months ago
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...at least all those obstructionist repugs in the Senate... the ones still backing Dumya's vetos! The same ones that would have blocked a conviction of Dumya's impeachment!
The Repugs don't vote the rule of law or their conscience, they vote party line and as such have been un-american!
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donald511 year, 8 months ago
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...you forget the real "Do Nothing" Congress was the Repug led one... that had Hastert go to a 3 day work week and he accepted no Dem amendments as big busineess lobbyists wrote all his laws. Then you have Sensenbrenner (R-Wi) shutting off the mikes and just walking out on the last day of Patriot Act Renewal. Then there was Ted Stevens telling big oil they didn't even have to tell Congress the truth - no oaths! Then in the Senate Judiciary we had Orin Hatch threatening jail time to anyone who dared to give the senate unasked for info on a Bush judge nominee (Pryor out of Alabama). It was all documented on CSPAN
6 years of Repug led Congress in complete lock step with Dumya's continued failures! Even the Medicare Prescription Bill was un-american to oversubsidize big HMOs and say its against the law to negotiate lower drug prices!
Waste of dollars? Ted stevens' bridges to nowhere and all those Bush sole source, unaudited contracts! Debt raised to 11 trillion!
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donald511 year, 8 months ago
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The Bush DOJ alrady has indictments against Jefferson... from the illegal search of his home and office. Don't you remember how upset Hastert was that a Congressmen was so illegally searched - gosh, can you image how if Repugs were searched so illegally too!
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Tcaros1 year, 8 months ago
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I applaud Speaker Pelosi and the Congress for standing up to the the fear tactics of this corrupt administration.
The Bush administration is worse than Nixon; Bush's crimes are against the American people.
Congress should continue to keep pressure on Bush and demand unpartial investigation into the crimes and complicity with the judicial branch.
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Tcaros1 year, 8 months ago
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It's interesting to see how many Bush apologists are still out there. They're a good 15-20% of the solid base the Republicans have left; all they have left.
These folks are generally people who hate anyone who doesn't look like them or give them a doing nothing job.
The Bushies and Republican party are all about trading favors and not prosecuting criminals.
That's okay. The election is coming up and we'll be around to continue to investigate Bush and his cronies. It may lead to the first charges against a former administration and their henchmen. I would say that the Attorney General will be gone in a millisecond once the power of office is changed.
I say wait it out so he can't pardon anyone- then go after them.
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endtyranny1 year, 8 months ago
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This is the most open and shut case I've ever seen. Miers and Bolten were subpoenaed by Congress and just didn't show up. They could have went and not said anything like Alberto Gonzales, but they didn't. That's contempt, there's no two ways about it.
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