After months of stonewalling the House Judiciary Committee, the White House refused to testify under oath and produce documents about myriad DoJ and White House scandals, essentially flipping off Congress and the American people, bringing about the contempt citations.
Writes Scott Horton at Harper’s Magazine:
(T)he White House took the position that the scope of examination would be narrowly tailored so as to exclude precisely the subject matter of the inquiry: Did White House staffers interfere with prosecutors for partisan political reasons?The documents that the White House did produce point the finger at Wisconsin’s U.S. Atty Stephen Biskupic, among others.
Writes Horton at Harper’s Magazine:
… On one document concerning the failure of Milwaukee U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic to bring ‘vote fraud’ prosecutions, Karl Rove has scribbled a note ‘Discuss w/Harriet.’ In fact we know that Biskupic was on the ‘to-fire’ list. He then began to bring a series of politically motivated prosecutions, including the case against Georgia Thompson that the Seventh Circuit dismissed as ‘preposterous.’ And Biskupic then disappeared from the “to-fire” list. So what discussions Rove had with Miers are right at the heart of the inquiry. But the White House offer ruled that off limits. That was obviously unacceptable.So why was Biskupic the subject of talks between Rove and Miers, and what the heck is with these ridiculous prosecutions Biskupic pursued subsequently?
The people deserve answers even if the corrupt Bush administration is fortifying their walls of obstruction until they get out of Dodge.
For more information:
- Harper's Magazine: How Can US Atty Biskupic Continue in His Job?
- NYT: Give Jailed Former Alabama Dem Gov. Same Check as Georgia Thompson
- Gonzales Defends US Atty Biskupic at House Hearing
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