Added: Jul 23, 2008
From: riphotpotatomash
Duration: 7:44
In a new installment of Bush League Justice today, guest Julian Epstein, former counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, stated that Republicans will admit, off-camera, that the case against former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was fixed.The segment concentrated on Karl Rove finally giving written answers to questions, NOT under oath, about the Siegelman case. The questions, which were posed by Lamar Smith (R-TX), and answers can be read at Talking Points Memo.While the general consensus is that the softball questions were a "pathetic attempt to save Karl Rove", the effort appears to have failed. In the video above, Epstein states that Rove actually appears to "incriminate" himself by refusing to answer a specific question about whether he contacted non-state officials.Marcy Wheeler agrees with Epstein over at emptywheel:"In a classic non-denial denial, Karl Rove makes it clear that he did talk to people about Siegelman's prosecution--even while he denies that he spoke to anyone in DOJ about it."And Larisa Alexandrovna thinks "This is getting to be rather fun" before proceeding to rip apart Rove's answer with the facts. She also poses six real questions she'd like to see asked of Rove.Links available at http://www.hotpotatomash.com/2008/07/karl-rove-incri.html
Channel: News
Tags: abrams bush dan don epstein julian justice karl league news politics rove siegelman verdict
Rating: 5.00 (29 ratings) Views: 7457' favoriteCount='6 Comments: 17
getplaning Says:
Jul 23, 2008 - Rove is clever. It's what he leaves OUT that answers the questions.
johnt1951 Says:
Jul 24, 2008 - when will someone take joe Scarbough to task for having a hand in a young intern death, when will we as American return to this being a country of laws.
highway234 Says:
Jul 24, 2008 - arrest that cocksucker. jesus, dems, grow a tiny set of balls. PLEASE.
johnnyk67 Says:
Jul 24, 2008 - "Even Republicans, off camera, will agree, that the case on Don Siegelman, was a case that was fixed."The claim was made at 6.38by Julian Epstein, former counsel to the House Judiciary Committee
Mmmmmmmbacon Says:
Jul 24, 2008 - Rove is clever. It's what he leaves OUT that answers the questions. ****************That's clever? What is so clever about lying, cheating and stealing? Why won't anyone in the Bush administration speak under oath? Answer that (or leave it out) Rove!
peep237 Says:
Jul 24, 2008 - Someone needs to point out to Turdblossom that "media interviews" hardly equal legal proceedings which require sworn testimony. If he has nothing to hide, he should have no problem testifying -- under oath, not behind closed doors -- before Congress. But he does have a problem with it; so what does that tell us?
jesuswasntafascist Says:
Jul 24, 2008 - The stench of the turd blossom reaches all corners of the white house and beyond.
getplaning Says:
Jul 24, 2008 - I have always said, if you want to shut Karl Rove up, put him under oath.For the party of God and Country, these people sure do have a pathological fear of Bibles.
123wsyz Says:
Jul 25, 2008 - Put teeth in your supoena..have him brought in in chains and make him testify. Don't bother if you aren't going to actually DO ANYTHING !!!!!
Dannysawake Says:
Jul 26, 2008 - maybe waterboarding would be the right aproach?I mean it isnt even torture ? right?
Silberdachs Says:
Jul 26, 2008 - Arrest Rove for contempt. For being a contemptable war criminal and traitor that is.
blueangelfish1 Says:
Jul 28, 2008 - This election is about the jobs THEY can't create, the war THEY can't end, the healthcare THEY can't provide, the gas prices THEY can't lower and the terrorist THEY can't find!Don't be DISTRACTED by fake issues like flag pins and gay marriage and the soon to RETURN terror warnings they roll out every election year..Code RedCode OrangeCode YellowCODE BULLSHIT!Only 14% of Americans believe we are on the RIGHT track... That is THEIR record...make them defend it!
fooschnikens Says:
Jul 31, 2008 - Vote to privatize healthcare and education so only the rich can afford it! Vote to never give diplomacy a chance and instead resort to pre-emptive war! Vote to drag our nation into yet another conflict (Iran) that we can't afford and then lower taxes on top of it to drag the nation even further into debt! Vote to erase the middle class so we only have two classes: super rich and super poor! Vote republican! GOP=greed over people
Jewcifer777 Says:
Aug 2, 2008 - lol karl rove should rule the world
scalliwagrx8 Says:
Aug 3, 2008 - they need to wait until January 21st to bring charges against any republicans that Bush would otherwise pardon. Then they can make one helluva event. People do not like going to jail. Bush cronies have turned on him without the threat of jail so imagine how many will turn on him to get a "get out of jail free card"? With Obama in office and a dem congress as well as a possible super-majority (60-40) senate and a attorney general that will enforce actions by congress and put them in jail. FUN!!!
derfilmmacher Says:
Aug 13, 2008 - great interview keep the story alive.
JimboUSofA Says:
Jul 23, 2008 - Send that fat Republican pig to jail. Or, stick an apple in his mouth and have a global pork roast.