Rove And Miers Can Testify, But Not Under Oath Says White House

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by BarbinMD   Tue Mar 20, 2007

From   MSNBC:

Fred Fielding, he's the White House counsel, he was just here in the House of Representatives meeting with the House Judiciary Committee.  He made the following offer to the Congress, both House and Senate...he said Rove and Harriet Mier would be offered to the Committees for their testimony in the Alberto Gonzales and federal prosecutors scandal.  However, he said it would be unsworn testimony, not under oath, behind closed doors and no trancript would be permitted.

Shumer responds:  They're not giving us the opportunity to get to the bottom of what really happened here.  And in that way it's a pretty clever proposal, but it doesn't do the job of figuring out what happened as best we can tell.  The next step is to consult with one another, Chairman Conyers and Chairman Leahy will take the lead in determining what our response will be.  We obviously will present a counter-offer to them that will be far more complete and far more extensive, but speaking for the Senate side, I spoke to Chairman Leahy earlier.  We will move forward with the subpoenas on Thursday because this is not what Chairman Leahy outlined Sunday, which is, coming before us, speaking under oath.

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     I guess that the Bush Crime Family has much to hide since they do not want the testimony to be made public or put on record. The one thing that Bush doesn't have is a defense against the truth.

 

IceRocket tags: White House, Bush Crime family, Karl Rove, Harriet Mier, Senate, Congress