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Karl Rove Subpoenaed … Again
It’s official: the House Judiciary Committee has once again subpoenaed Karl Rove, former President George W. Bush’s longtime adviser and aide, to testify before the committee on the politicization of the Justice Department and his involvement in the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D).
Rove’s prior refusals to testify were based on claims of [...]
ACLU Presses Obama to Release OLC Memos — and Other Evidence of Potentially Illegal Conduct
Buoyed by President Obama’s executive orders and presidential memoranda renouncing excessive government secrecy last week, advocates are pushing the new administration hard to live up to those promises.
The ACLU today sent a letter to David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, requesting the OLC release a host of legal [...]
Obama to Face First Big Test on Executive Privilege
After Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) re-subpoenaed Karl Rove, former aide and adviser to President George W. Bush’s, to testify before Congress on his role in the Bush administration’s politicization of the Justice Department and prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D), Rove’s lawyer Tuesday asked the Obama White House for guidance, The Huffington Post [...]
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