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Rove Cited for Contempt of Congress
Written by Chris Cook
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Rove Cited for Contempt of Congress
by C. L. Cook
The vote was split along party lines, with the Democratic party majority moving the motion forward by a 20-14 margin. The committee says Rove broke the law by failing to appear before the committee on a subpoena issued for July 10.
T he House Judiciary Committee decision is only at this point a "recommendation" for charges. It is up to House leader, Nancy Pelosi to definitively decide whether charges against the former number one political advisor to the president will be laid.
Rove has become embroiled in the Attorneys General firings, and the perceived political persecution of former Alabama governor,
Don Siegelman .
Through his attorneys, Rove has claimed immunity from prosecution by congress citing "executive privilege," a proviso meant to protect the president from political prosecution while in office.
Committee chair, John Conyers disabused Rove's claim of immunity, saying;
"His name has come up repeatedly in the hearings on this subject, yet he refuses to testify based on
legally invalid claims of immunity privilege."
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