At least he showed up. But what are they hiding?
posted by
Wally
8:27 AM
Rove Ignores Subpoena, Blows Off Senate Judiciary Hearing.
Jennings Shows, but refuses to answer questions
When I say "refuses to answer questions", I mean, he even refuses to explain his basic job duties. His answers pretty much included: "Senator, pursuant to the president's assertion of executive privilege over consideration, deliberations or communications related to the U.S. attorneys matter, I must respectfully decline to answer your question at this time," or "I don't recall." The top aide to White House political adviser Karl Rove refused to answer at least a dozen questions from a Senate committee Thursday about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year, asserting -- as expected -- a claim of executive privilege by President Bush.
Scott Jennings, who also is a special assistant to Bush, arrived at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with his attorney, Mark Paoletta, to avoid a contempt citation.
The panel had subpoenaed both Jennings and Rove, but Rove refused to show up.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, asked Jennings, "Where is Karl Rove? Why is he hiding? Why does he throw a young staffer like you into the line of fire while he hides behind the White House curtains?" Maybe because Karl's a pussy? Maybe because he's guilty and he knows it? Maybe because he's busy with Jeff Gannon? Regardless of "why", the fact is that he blatantly ignored a subpeona - something that would land any of us in the pokey.
Can somebody explain to me why they continue to let these people get away with ignoring subpoenas? Why don't they just issue arrest warrants and have them hauled off to the Capital Jail? They've got to do something, because issuing strongly worded statements isn't doing the trick.
Arrest That Man
Here's what Olbermann had to say about it:
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