Gonzales Aide Gets Immunity A House committee voted Wednesday to grant immunity to Monica Goodling, a key aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales during the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. She had refused to testify, invoking her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. The 32-6 vote by the House Judiciary Committee surpassed the two-thirds majority required […]
Senate Democrats Look to Hold ‘No Confidence’ Vote on Gonzales With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales vowing to remain in his job and President Bush standing by him, Senate Democratic leaders are seriously considering bringing a resolution to the floor expressing no confidence in Gonzales, according to a senior leadership source. “I don’t think [Gonzales] can […]
In my last post, I read the L.A. Times article about the investigation of Rove, and felt excited. Was it possible that there would be a real investigation. So I wrote my first few paragraphs? Then I looked up the Office of Special Counsel. I wondered, "Had someone found an Agency uncontaminated by the Administration?" […]
Low-key office launches high-profile inquiry The Office of Special Counsel will investigate U.S. attorney firings and other political activities led by Karl Rove Most of the time, an obscure federal investigative unit known as the Office of Special Counsel confines itself to monitoring the activities of relatively low-level government employees, stepping in with reprimands and […]
I guess one just never knows where things will lead. Apparently, this voter fraud business is just that – a business. Like the Niger Yellowcake story, it’s hard to follow, in part, because it’s hard to imagine that adults would act this way. Apparently, there’s a Rove driven voter fraud initiative that’s prevaded the Justice […]
Campaign against alleged voter fraud fuels political tempest For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has pursued an aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout in key battleground states in ways that favor Republican political candidates. The administration intensified its efforts last year as President Bush’s popularity and Republican support […]
Congress Leading the Way for a New Direction in Iraq … It is unquestioned that we have long term security interests in seeing Iraq become stabilized, peaceful, and yes, one day, a functioning democracy. The President’s current path does not take us there — — But let me offer you that different course – one […]
Harriet Miers resigned on Jaunuary 4, 2007. At the time, the Press speculated: Miers Steps Down As White House Gears Up for Battle When news reports at the time suggested that she might leave as part of Bolten’s initial shakeup, Miers talked to Bush and kept her job, the sources said. After Democrats captured Congress […]
While I spent yesterday hiding from the pollen reviewing the doj scandal instead of frolicking in the beautiful Spring weather, there was something of a media event percolating on Firedoglake. They had eRiposte of the left coaster hosting Carlo Bonini discussing the book he wrote with Giuseppe D’Avanzo – Collusion. This is the most under-reported […]
Why did they want to fire the U.S. Attorneys? I’ll start with two assumptions: It wasn’t for any of the reasons they’ve given. The "they" is Karl Rove [WH OPA] working through Harriet Miers [WHCO]. These are in the range of "we hold these truths to be self evident." On April 7, 2006, Karl Rove […]