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Senate Committee Subpoenas Rove Emails
Tired of waiting for a response, Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) issued a subpoena for any of Karl Rove's emails in the Justice Department's possession that might be relevant to the U.S. attorney firings. That includes emails sent from Rove's White House account (which apparently doesn't get much use) and emails from his account issued by the Republican National Committee.
You can see the subpoena here.
Note: Since the subpoena is to the Justice Department and not to the White House, it sidesteps any executive privilege concerns. And it seems possible that it could even claim internal White House emails since the subpoena specifically includes emails that were obtained by Patrick Fitzgerald as part of the Plame investigation.
Comments (23)
Scott L wrote on May 2, 2007 3:27 PM:Lots of luck with this one. They have to protect one of the powers behind the throne.
Richard L. Adlof wrote on May 2, 2007 3:33 PM:Leahy realizes that the e-mails will arrive all chewed up and in a wad like a giant hairball from the belly of some demon cat doesn't he?
profmarcus wrote on May 2, 2007 3:33 PM:now that we know that gonzo delegated away his hiring and firing authority, i'm sure leahy knows who exercised it, and it certainly wasn't sampson and goodling... when one ostensibly gives away one's power to relatively inexperienced staff political operatives to select of highly experienced professionals, serious questions naturally arise... there seems no doubt that the REAL deciders were in the white house... this whole thing has smelled of karl rove from the get-go and, unless and until karl gets waterboarded into divulging what he knows, leahy's just going to have to do his columbo routine...
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Anonymous wrote on May 2, 2007 3:39 PM:FINALLY! The disdain/lack of respect shown by the administration and DOJ is beyond belief. And the reason for this astonishing lack of cooperation is obvious- they are guilty of some serious wrongdoing. Bush and Gonzo CANNOT be expected to negotiate in good faith. The time for that dance has long since past. It's like that old school jam from Jermaine Jackson says, "Let's get serious!"
KestrelBrighteyes wrote on May 2, 2007 3:43 PM:Um..I thought the White House had already told the RNC to turn over all emails to THEM, and NOT to Congress.
So what happens if they don't comply?
When are we gonna see some FROG MARCHING?
Anonymous wrote on May 2, 2007 3:47 PM:What I don't understand is this- on what basis is the DOJ not turning over all these documents they have? How can they legally thwart the oversight process like this- by selectively releasing all these redacted documents and refusing to turn over some altogether? It seems highly illegal.
KestrelBrighteyes wrote on May 2, 2007 3:48 PM:Sorry, I misread RNC for DOJ.
But doesn't Congress really, really need to confiscate servers and hard drives from the DOJ, not just surviving documents? Too much time has passed.
parrot wrote on May 2, 2007 4:08 PM:Finally! No more pussyfooting around! Uh, except for that exception for "privileged" documents...
This is going to be a great civic lesson for all those college kids taking a break from studies this summer.
jolie wrote on May 2, 2007 4:09 PM:fitz!
code: warm as in that fuzzy feeling when I think of fitz ...
Punchy wrote on May 2, 2007 4:38 PM:"it sidesteps any executive privilege concerns"
No it doesn't. I mean, yes it does (legally, technically, officially). But no, it doesn't. Those concerns will still be raised, proffered, talking-pointed, pimped, repeated, and legitimized.
You keep forgetting--being correct doesn't matter. All that matters is that you keep talking, lies or not. Just keep repeating it unitl it's true.
Jake wrote on May 2, 2007 7:07 PM:Not even "legally, technically, officially" Punchy -- cite ONE law or case to that effect -- just as the White House may claim Executive Privilege over RNC e-mails, if a document is legitimately covered under Executive Privilege, it doesn't matter if DoJ has it.
Jake wrote on May 2, 2007 7:23 PM:Based on United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), I would agree IF the Bush Administration stupidly claimed only a generalized need for confidentiality of nonmilitary and nondiplomatic discussions -- in the context of a CRIMINAL case (as opposed to the Judiciary Committee) should this issue ever get that far -- you may have a point.
phil james wrote on May 2, 2007 11:16 PM:...it sidesteps any executive privilege issues? That depends on who you ask. My guess is if you ask the WH, that executive privilege does apply. Why? Because they say so and so far they have been able to make the rules up as they go along. And so far no one has been able to overrule them. Fitzgerald was able to nab a second stringer on a technicality. That won't happen again. Rove is more important to this WH than Bush himself.
shawn wrote on May 2, 2007 11:35 PM:It might sidestep Executive Privilege, it might not. We will just have to see how the White House plays it won't we. To me, and I'm just a hick, it seems that using Executive Privilege to many times makes Joe Public believe they are hiding something. We believe that already cause we are political junkies.
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