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JULY 06 2008Make Bush Invoke Executive Privilege for Rove
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Make Bush Invoke Executive Privilege for
Rove
by emptywheel
....The claim is specious on its face -- after all, Congress has specific
authority in the Constitution to legislate the selection of inferior
officers; they had passed and were considering passing laws
pertaining to the selection of interim USAs; and therefore they had a
clear and recognized legislative interest in, for example, whether Bush
tried to appoint Tim Griffin using a PATRIOT appointment so as to
avoid the Senate approval process. But putting aside Clement's
transparently false argument, everything else he argues is premised
on the exclusivity of the hiring and firing authority to the President.
But prosecution of federal crimes is not exclusive to the President; it's
an issue that Congress has clear legislative authority over. So DOJ
would have to make very different analysis to find that Rove didn't
have to testify about his role in politicized prosecutions.
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| image captured from MSNBC video Rove's Lawyer, Luskin, claims that Rove will testify, but not under oath. In response, the House issued a subpoena |
| Video of the Stephanopolis interview with Karl Rovee where he gives his "non denial denial" about the Siegelman Case. |