<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/13/conyers-subpoenas-rove-ag_n_166706.html>Conyers Subpoenas Rove, Again
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/reporting/ryan-grim>Ryan Grim <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] | HuffPost Reporting From DC Karl Rove has been subpoenaed again by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), who hopes to question the former Bush Administration official about his role in the firing of U.S. Attorneys, among other issues. Conyers asks Rove to appear February 23rd. <http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/BobLuskin.pdf> The letter from Conyers to Rove attorney Bob Luskin, provided to the Huffington Post, is the <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/26/conyers-subpoenas-karl-ro_n_161044.html>second attempt to pull testimony out of Rove, who cited a scheduling conflict the last time he was subpoenaed, said a Conyers aide. Rove has sought to limit his testimony to his involvement in the imprisonment of Democratic Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Conyers, in his letter, rejects that circumscription. Rove, in a recent paid speech in California, said that he was immune from the subpoena, according to a <http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/?id=6910>report in the Pasadena Weekly: "I will not comply with the subpoena," he said. "I want to be clear. I have no personal ability, no personal right that I'm exerting here. I'm not saying I have any privilege whatsoever, but the president of the United States has privilege with regard to compelled testimony from members of his immediate staff. Five times, now a sixth time, we have told the Congress we would be happy to provide them the information that they want, as long as it's done in a way that protects the form of the president's privilege, and six times they've refused to take us up on our offer of providing info to them on these questions." [See also: Conyers subpoenas Rove a third time *RAW STORY -- Friday February 13, 2009 http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Conyers_subpoenas_Rove_third_time_0213.html Rove is wanted to give sworn testimony about his knowledge about the US Attorney firings and the alleged political prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, however his lawyer designated to accept the service of a subpoena is out of the office until February 23rd.] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
