Leahy threatens White House with subpoenas

[Roland99]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/leahy-threatens-white-house-with-subpoenas-2007-05-16.html

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Wednesday sent a strongly worded letter to President Bush’s counsel Fred Fielding and threatened to issue subpoenas if the White House continues to “stonewall” an investigation into its involvement in the firing of several U.S. attorneys.

“It appears from the evidence gathered by the Committee in five hearings, eight interviews with current and former officials from the Department of Justice and review of the limited documents produced by that Department that White House officials played a significant role in developing and implementing the plan for the dismissals,” Leahy said. “Indeed, the plan seems to have originated in the White House and was formulated by and with coordination of the White House political operation.”

Leahy said the White House has not provided a single document and did not make available a single official to be interviewed as part of the investigation.

“There is evidence that White House officials were deeply involved in what appears to be an effort to impose political influence on federal law enforcement,” Leahy added. “If the White House continues its refusal to provide information to the Senate Judiciary Committee on a voluntary basis, I will have no choice but to issue subpoenas to try to get to the truth in this matter.”

NEVER LET UP on these bastards!! NEVER!!

[zanne]

1. I wish they'd stop threatening and just DO IT already! nt

[youthere]

2. Threaten? Shit! SERVE the Godamned things already!

[Disturbed]

4. Gonzo is already a day late on his Subpoena to

turn over E-mails. Will Congress do anything about that?

Ms Rice has received her Subpoena from Waxman. Will this be enforced?

[youthere]

15. No and no.

[volstork]

7. NO SHIT!

Get it going, for the love of God!

[Donnachaidh]

3. DO IT! Stop this tap-dance malarkey already!

START the process to take these assholes DOWN. :grr:

[Ezlivin]

5. Get Jules on the motherfucker

"Oh, you ready to blow? Well I'm a mushroom-cloud-laying motherfucker, motherfucker! Everytime my fingers touch brain I'm Superfly TNT, I'm the Guns of the Navarone."

[Roland99]

8. Sheeeet. Get Jack Bauer on their asses!!!

[UNCLE_Rico]

12. Oughta be your ass back here on brain detail ...

I'm thinking ... Get a hold of Marsellus, and have him send The Wolf.

And I DO mean - DIRECTLY!

[C_U_L8R]

6. Serve the subpoenas and threaten with jailtime.

These bullies only understand one thing... a bigger bully

And JULES !!

[Ghost in the Machine]

9. ..... and the White House just yawned..

corruption marches forward, unscathed. Bidness as usual.

[AndyA]

10. They just need to stop all the posturing and get the show on the road.

It should be very obvious to the Democrats that the White House and Republicans are not going to be cooperative or forthcoming with information gathering.

They haven't done it over the last six plus years, why even think for a second there's a chance in hell they're going to now?

Just issue the subpoenas, and if they aren't cooperative, find them in contempt of Congress and proceed legally to force compliance. Enough already!

[TankLV]

11. Oh goody - another THREAT!

OOOOOOO!

USE THE FUCKING THING ALREADY!

WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING WAITING FOR?!

God I hate this "morality" or "absurdity" play...

[Beelzebud]

13. Every week it's another threat. Are they ever going to issue some fucknig subpoenas?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

14. Are we so far up the creek without a paddle

that Congress is actually scared to act? Have we reached critical mass?