Friday, May 30, 2008

Barbie Perino: White House Can Block McClellan From Testifying To Congress, But Won’t Say Whether It Will


We need Socks. ;-)
Thinkprogress:
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) today announced that he and his staff were going to begin discussions with former press secretary Scott McClellan about testifying before Congress regarding revelations in his new memoir. In particular, Conyers pointed to attempts by the White House to cover-up Scooter Libby’s involvement in the Valerie Plame leak:
I believe this issue may require closer examination, so I have instructed my counsels to begin discussions with Mr. McClellan to determine whether a hearing is necessary and to secure his possible cooperation.
In today’s White House press briefing, spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters that the White House, hypothetically, could stop McClellan from testifying:
QUESTION: Could the White House block him from testifying, if he wanted to testify? Or how does that work?
PERINO: Conceivably?
QUESTION: Yes.
PERINO: Hypothetically, which I’m not supposed to answer a hypothetical, yes, I think so. The law would allow for that. But by saying that, I’m not suggesting that that’s what would happen or not happen.
Update: McClellan said on CNN that he'd "be happy" to testify

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

extra!! extra!! read all about it. bushdick plagarizes nixon: "i am not a crook".

Anonymous said...

Nazi girl deals in hypotheticals everyday, what is she talking about?

She pretends to tell the truth during each and every press conference. How DOES she do it?

airJackie said...

With this corrupt White House anything can happen. But this blew then away because Scotty was nothing to them. When he send his book for review the Administration sent bottom people to review it. Once approved it was to late. Now it's like the horse is already out the barn. Scott is not employed and has no executive privilege. The information in his book isn't classified and was reported first by Jason Leopold. Now every blog reporter is trying to take credit but it was only Jason who reported it.
Barbie can't even explain an answer to a question she's so confused. Fitz and his team are back yes folks the Fantastic 5 are reporting to duty thanks to Scott. Look for more White House insiders to write a tell all book for money. I do feel bad for the Military Families who supported Bush only to learn now it was all based on lies that their love ones died. Yes 4000 plus US soldiers died based on White House lies. Americans just set back and watched and let it happen.

KittyBowTie1 said...

Socks would make a better press secretary.

Cats don't lie.

airJackie said...

I'd vote for Mr. Kitty Bowtie to be the next Press Secretary as he said cat's don't lie. I have seen so many members of the Bowtie Family on TV lately. There numbers top the Smiths, Jones, Williams and all common names. One way a cat can get out of answering a question is coughing up a hair ball. Glad to see you back Mr. Kitty, I always look forward to your comments.