White House to RNC: Don't You Give Those Emails to Dems!!!-CONYERS ISN'T BUYING IT!!!

White House to RNC: Don't You Give Those Emails to Dems
By Paul Kiel - April 17, 2007, 4:40 PM
The White House and Democrats in Congress are both pushing for emails kept by the Republican National Committee, and the RNC is caught in the middle.

The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), wants to get its hands on those RNC-issued email accounts used by Karl Rove and other White House personnel. Congressional investigators want to know about Rove's and his deputy's involvement in the U.S. attorney firings. But the White House insists that it review the emails first, before handing anything over to Democrats. Last week, Conyers warned the RNC not to do that, saying that it would be "an unjustified delay" and "potentially... an obstruction of our investigation."

And today, in a letter to the RNC, the White House made their position clear: you have to give them to us first. There "exists a clear and indisputable Executive Branch interest" in the emails on the RNC-issued accounts, wrote Emmet Flood, Special Counsel to the President.

Conyers isn't buying it:



more at:
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003033.php

WH claims executive privilege over RNC emails.]In a letter to the RNC, Emmet Flood, a special counsel to President Bush, “today again raised the possibility of an executive-privilege claim on e-mails and other documents from private e-mail accounts used by senior White House officials” but controlled by the RNC. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) called the request “extreme and unnecessary” and said it was “a clear attempt, on the Administration’s part, to delay this process and keep the wheels of Justice turning slowly.” 7:45 pm | Comment (6)
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/wh-claims-executive-privilege-over-rnc-emails/

They need redacted before other eyes can see them...

They really are pushing things too far this time.

They get custody of ALL the evidence and then dole out only the parts that aren't incriminating.

AND, correct me if I'm wrong:

If these are going to be cloaked under Executive Privilege like Official WH documents aren't they supposed to be preserved by law?
Seems to me G'Duh can't have it both ways. But then, he's gotten his way for years with the Repukes in control of everything.



I love Conyers!