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Rove Pushed for Firing of US Attorney in NM

Harry Kimball — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:47:32 CDT

The House Judiciary Committee released documents today that Democrats say put Karl Rove and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers at the center of the US attorney firing scandal, Politico reports. “Karl Rove and his cohorts at the Bush White House were the driving force behind several of these firings,” says...

Dems 'Would Love to Have Me Barbecued': Rove

Clay Dillow — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:03:01 CST

Karl Rove is looking forward to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee concerning his alleged role in the sacking of several federal prosecutors, Fox News reports. But beware the “show trial,” Rove said, as “some Democrats would love to have me barbecued.” Rove will also be questioned about the prosecution...

Rove, Miers to Testify on Attorney Firings

John Johnson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:25:07 CST

Karl Rove and Harriet Miers have agreed to testify before Congress about the controversial firing of US attorneys, CBS reports. The former Bush aides' testimony will not be public, though that could happen in the future, notes the Public Record . Congress is investigating whether the Bush administration fired the attorneys...

Conyers Raps Obama Surgeon General Pick

M. Morris — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:37 CST

Barack Obama's apparent choice for surgeon general, Sanjay Gupta, is drawing fire from within his own party, ABC News reports. John Conyers of Michigan, the House Judiciary Committee chair, sent a letter to his fellow legislators today encouraging them to join him in protesting the nomination of the CNN fixture...

Lawmakers Make Much of Karl Rove's Empty Seat

Rob Quinn — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:27:56 CDT

Karl Rove ignored a subpoena ordering him to appear before a House committee probing alleged abuses of power in the Justice Department yesterday—and the committee didn't let that get in their way. Lawmakers printed a name card for Rove, pointed a mike at an empty chair, fetched a cool...

McClellan to Testify on Plamegate Claims

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:04:53 CDT

Scott McClellan agreed today to testify about Dick Cheney's role in leaking the name of a CIA agent, the AP reports. In a hearing next week, House lawmakers are expected to ask him about his claim that Cheney and President Bush told him to "exonerate Scooter Libby" as White House...

House Panel Subpoenas Karl Rove

Nick McMaster — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:42:53 CDT

A House panel slapped Karl Rove with a subpoena today to compel his testimony on the White House's role in the firing of federal attorneys and the prosecution of Democratic Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, the Chicago Tribune reports. Rove, due to appear July 10, refused requests to speak voluntarily to...

Showdown Looms Over Cheney Staffer

Peter Fearon — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:13:22 CDT

Whether a key Dick Cheney aide can be forced to testify is at the heart of a pending blow-up between Congress and the White House over a probe into interrogation techniques, Reuters reports. The House Judiciary Committee plans to subpoena Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington—but the vice president...

Judge Springs Gov. Linked to 'Political Prosecution'

Peter Fearon — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:11:00 CDT

The former governor of Alabama, serving seven years for bribery in a case critics claim was engineered by the White House, has been ordered released pending appeal. Don Siegelman will now be free to testify at congressional hearings on politically motivated prosecutions, reports CNN. Siegelman's supporters charge that he was...