"the subpoenas would expire when a new Congress takes office in January"
Then WHY DID THEY WAIT SO LONG?
More ELECTION YEAR FOOLEYS, 'eh?
"Judge challenges Bush's immunity claim; Privilege asserted for top advisers" by James Rowley, Bloomberg | June 24, 2008
A US judge voiced doubts yesterday about President Bush's assertion that his top advisers are completely immune from being forced to testify before a House panel investigating the firing of federal prosecutors.
US District Judge John Bates repeatedly challenged an administration lawyer to cite legal justification for the refusal of former White House counsel Harriet Miers and Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to obey subpoenas to appear before the House Judiciary Committee....
Bush has asserted executive privilege in refusing to allow top aides, including his former political strategist Karl Rove, to testify before Congress about the US attorney dismissals....
During a three-hour argument, Bates also suggested that he might order more negotiations between Congress and the White House over the production of documents after Nichols conceded the Bush administration was only asserting a "qualified privilege" to turn over documents.
Pfffffffffttttt!!!!!
A more detailed description of the types of documents Bush sought to withhold from Congress "would be very helpful to the kind of accommodation process" that would avoid a court fight, the judge said....
Noting that any decision is likely to be appealed, Bates said the subpoenas would expire when a new Congress takes office in January, when there would also be a new president."
Their had better damn well be a new president!
