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National Review has an editorial on presidential and congressional relations which also provides the following commentary on former Alabama governor Don Siegelman of our Pardon Watch List . Says NR: ... Conyers’s inquiry into the prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman, a Democrat, is based solely on the testimony of one Dana Jill Simpson, an Alabama GOP campaign volunteer....
The Birmingham News, or "The unofficial voice of the Alabama G.O.P. throughout the entire Siegelman affair" according to Harper's Scott Horton, has a whopper of an op-ed in yesterday's paper about the "political pollution" in the Bush Justice Department: ... Just when you think the Bush administration can't possibly do Don Siegelman any more favors , along comes more news of political...
"By ignoring a Congressional subpoena, Karl Rove has spit in the face of Congress and the American people. . . . "If Congress lets this politicization of the Department of Justice go unchecked and unpunished, then it could well become part of America's political culture and happen again in the future. Congress needs to keep digging until they get to the truth." -- former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman,...
... Rove would come before the Judiciary Committee and let him explain his involvement, if any, in the Don Siegelman case.Meanwhile Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez states that she personally would love to see Rove arrested and held in jail where there would be a trial in the House of Representatives. But before anyone gets overly excited it is important to point out that it is now up to Nancy...
... consider all aspects of the Justice Department, including the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. Critics and whistleblowers say Rove helped orchestrate the Siegleman prosecution; at the time he was sent to jail on what many see as trumped-up charges, Siegelman was the only Democratic governor in the south.In his , Conyers noted the White House has not claimed executive...
... blew open details of the GOP's involvement in the arrest and imprisonment of Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.Recently, the involvement of former Bush political advisor Karl Rove in the prosecution of Siegelamn was raised by the House Judiciary Committee in its debates on holding him in contempt for refusing to testify. The committee about the case.Many thanks to all our readers and donors...
Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt of Congress. On MSNBC yesterday, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), breaking with his party, said he believes Rove should be forced to testify. “Let him explain his involvement, if any, in this Don Siegelman case.” When pressed on whether he was suggesting sending Rove [...]
AlterNet Until now, Rove's been lying and avoiding questions about his involvement in leaking Valerie Plame's identity, the politicization of the Justice Department, and the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. Just look at his written denials to ranking HJC member Lamar Smith (R-TX), when he refrained from denying that he spoke to longtime confidant Bill Canary, who links Rove...
In Contempt Vote on Karl Rove, the Ayes Have It By Kate Klonick The House Judiciary Committee has just voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt for failing to respond to a subpoena to face questioning from the Committee on the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. The final vote was 20 ayes and 14 nays. With [...]
Kate Klonick notes that the ayes have it: The House Judiciary Committee has just voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt for failing to respond to a subpoena to face questioning from the Committee on the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. The final vote was 20 ayes and 14 nays. With Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) voting "absolutely, 100% aye." Rejecting the ad hoc legal doctrine of "absolute...
... for what'if you said it then you meant it how you want it have a gut!MOE: I don't know much about Don Siegelman though I imagine he's a Corrupt SOB or whatever their baseball caps said but I'm MEGAN: I watched the McCain ad, you didn't miss anything. He's implicitly compared to Britney and Paris and then hit for not supporting offshore drilling. I'm not sure what Paris thinks about offshore...
... answered questions pertaining to his alleged involvement in the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D), but as Marcy Wheeler points out “Rove didn’t deny the central allegations against him” in the case.
... the firing of several U.S. attorneys and his involvement in the prosection of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., said the committee needed to show that "our subpoenas are binding obligations, not optional invitations.""Today's vote was an important statement by this committee," Conyers said, "that no person -- not even Karl Rove -- is above the law."The...
