Source: Raw Story

Judiciary Committee sends contempt charges against Miers, Bolton to full House
Nick Juliano
Published: Wednesday July 25, 2007

The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday formally recommended criminal contempt charges against former White House counsel Harriet Miers and chief of staff Joshua Bolten for their failure to comply with an investigation into the firing of eight US Attorneys.

The charges were presented in a resolution that, if passed by the House as a whole, would initiate criminal proceedings in US District Court for the District of Columbia, although the justice department has said it will not purse the charges because the White House has invoked executive privilege.

The House Judiciary Committee voted 22-17 along party lines to send the Democratic measure to the full House.

Speaking at a committee meeting, Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., said the contempt charges were being sought "only as a last resort. What I am not open to is accepting a take-it-or leave it offer, which would not allow us access to the information we need ... this is the only proposal we have received from White House counsel," Conyers said.

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Democrats widely agreed, and the citation was expected to pass the committee on a party-line vote and be sent to the full House. A senior Democratic official who spoke on condition of anonymity said a vote by the full House would most likely happen after Congress' August recess.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_go_co/prosecutors_contempt

What a surprise.

I see on my ticker that Rep. Murtha will introduce new legislation to start bring the troops home. My guess is that Bush is going to be very busy in August trying to rebuild his justifications for continuing the surge in Iraq.

Republicans in Congress will be facing their constituencies during August and will be facing increased pressure to find a new course out of Iraq.

Iran will be back on the front burner in September and we know how much Bush likes to fixate on Iran.

I like the fact that contempt charges will hang over their heads, and although I do agree that the delay will give them more to deal with the issue, Speaker Pelosi can easily deflect any criticism by saying that no final decision has been made as to whether to bring it before the full House.

I particularly like the no final decision meme for it is the same game Bush played in the run up to the war in Iraq.

They stalled the process. The administration was sweating and now they have lots of time to think and make decisions. The insulation of Capital Hill is beginning to show.

I am eagerly awaiting the massive pile of fresh steaming

BULLSHIT

explaining how our expert leadership is once again steering the true course here.

Delaying through the August recess gives Conyers et al. time to scrape together enough commitments to impeach. If the House adds this whole scandal to the articles of impeachment and votes to consider it in September, then these two weasels can't be pardoned.

Then you have two stool pigeons guaranteed to tell Congress the whole story, because the President can't protect them while he himself is being investigated for the same crime. Or they'll go to jail until they decide to talk.

Throw them in jail now, and the President will spring 'em before they touch concrete. But if Congress imprisons them to compel testimony after impeachment is on the table, the rest of this year and all of next year will be a parade of scared shitless Bush-bots incriminating themselves and each other just to stay out of jail for not talking. Once they figure out that the President can't protect their criminal dealings, they'll be scattering like the roaches in my old kitchen when the lights came on.


Edit: Oh, great. I'm the pom-pom squad. Seriously, though. Those of you who are angry are forgetting the lesson of Scooter Libby. The Dems can't drop the boom on these guys right now, but if you throw impeachment into the mix you are guaranteed to get these little bastards and maybe fifty to seventy-five mroe, even if Bush and Cheney get away. It may be the best we can hope for.

assuming it does come to the house floor in 'september' and goes to a vote and passes

what are the dems prepared to do when the bushies piss on it?

are they willing to take it to the next step?

in Midland Texas it wouldn't last long, LOL!

I want to see them vote for Bush who has a 25% apProval rating
I think this play out will be done right before the 2008 elections

when this comes up for a vote? Why in the gaping goatse butthole of hell won't they bring it up for a vote in the full House TODAY???

The GOP isn't even pretending that it places the country above the party.

That's the only angle they think might fly with the masses.

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject Tony Snow Responds To House Contempt Charges:
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1432575#1432575
1432575, Tony Snow Responds To House Contempt Charges:
Posted by Hissyspit on Wed Jul-25-07 12:03 PM

"In our view, this is pathetic," he said, continuing that the charges were about "partisanship," "insults," and "accusations" when Congress and the White House "should be working together."

:thumbsup:

We think your pathetic. How do you look at yourself in the mirror each day, and know how much you lie?

THEY BROKE THE LAW TONY, you goose stepping little brown noser. Why couldn't you have gotten tongue cancer?

I don't understand why we didn't get both of them on the stand two weeks ago when the contempt actually happened!!!!

I just hope to GAWD Bush pardons them both next month. Then we can really nail him to the wall the way we did Nixon.

:wtf: Do it NOW....don't give them time to think of an escape avenue....sombody pinch me...I can't stand the procrastination.

What is wrong with tomorrow? After their vacation...their month-long vacation????

What crap.

What a bunch of useless, gutless wimps.

WTF ??!!!

surely not.