Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is not happy. Not happy at all:
“I was glad to meet Mr. Fielding and I welcome the fact that these issues have his full attention.
“I don’t accept his offer. It is not constructive and it is not helpful to be telling the Senate how to do our investigation, or to prejudge its outcome.
"Instead of freely and fully providing relevant documents to the investigating committees, they have only selectively sent documents, after erasing large portions that they do not want to see the light of day.
Testimony should be on the record, and under oath. That’s the formula for true accountability.“I hope the President will agree to be forthcoming. The straighter the path to the truth, the sooner we will finally know the facts.”
And from House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI):
"While we appreciate the White House's gesture, we will work with the Senate Judiciary Committee to create a counteroffer. We will move forward to authorize subpoenas for current and former White House and Justice officials, as well as documents. In short, the House Judiciary Committee will take whatever steps are necessary and within our Congressional authority to get to the bottom of what has become a horrible mess that is undermining American trust in our federal criminal justice system."
The House committee will vote to authorize issuing subpoenas tomorrow, and the Senate committee will vote on Thursday.
3 comments:
This is how the Watergate scandal started. Nixon said no one would testify and Congress made it happen. Nixon said all the fuss was politics and when the truth came out Nixon resign. Same corruption different President. Bush will have to resign like Nixon for all this to stop. Cheney will use that leg and heart problem as his way out. I wonder who will be the new Gerald Ford to pardon the President and the Vice President this time.
"Agnew resigned and then pleaded nolo contendere (no contest) to criminal charges of tax evasion and money laundering" from wikipedia.
Maybe there is a lot more the same as Watergate (but again, only wose) Maybe his moving "the biz" and the money America paid (and won't get tax on) is a little load od laundrybjvjefm
Jan and Jackie:
It is deja vu with Watergate with this Admininstration. The Gerbil is still playing the Nixon playbook in the U.S. vs. Nixon case claiming execeutive privilege. If this goes to the Supreme Court, the Gerbil will lose because the Clinton Administration have often testify to the Congressional committee when Clinton was in office and out of office under oath and without executive privilege. Of course, Rangel and Conyers know the game with the Gerbil and company since they were on the committee in the 70's that decided to impeach Nixon.
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