03-21-2007
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County Executive
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
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Member Since: Feb 2005
Location: California
Posts: 382
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Re: Republicans Call For Gonzales' Resignation
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Originally Posted by goober
The emails are all from October 2006 or earlier, back when the GOP was operating under the "Permanent Majority Illusion", without a care in the world of ever getting a subpoena.
They are still acting like they are in charge, but Congress is Democratic now, and the subpoenas are flying.
As far as executive privilege goes, Bill Clinton was forced to testify under oath, if you can compel the president to testify in a frivolous lawsuit, then the you can probably compel executive branch employees to testify concerning areas of legitimate concern before Congress.
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I wonder what's on those 18 days of missing emails?
See Tony Snow sidestep the question.
Think Progress » Snow Won’t Comment On 18-Day Gap: ‘I’ve Been Led To Believe There’s A Good Response For It’
Transcript
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HENRY: You keep saying the Justice Department, the response, the 3,000 pages, unprecedented, it’s very responsive. Why then is these this gap from mid-November to about December 4, right before the actual firings? Why is there a gap in the emails?
SNOW: I don’t know, why don’t you ask them.
HENRY: Well, you’re the White House, the Justice Department serves under…
SNOW: I know, but I’m not going to be the fact witness on Justice.
HENRY: But you’re the one representing that be this has been very responsive. Now when there’s a gap, you say go to them —
SNOW: Yeah, and I’ve been led to believe — I’ve been led to believe that there’s a good response for it, but I’m going to let you ask them because they’re going to have the answer.
HENRY: Now, here’s one email from November 15 that says, from Mr. Simpson to Harriet Miers, “Who will determine whether this requires the president’s attention?” And then there is a gap in emails. Was there any, you think, perhaps any email about the president in there? And did the president have to sign off on this, because the question was raised…
SNOW: The president has no recollection of this ever being raised with him.
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REPORTER: For the record, this gap between mid-november and early december — is there a gap because there are no e-mails pertaining to this situation between them? Or are there more e-mails to come out?
SNOW: That I don’t know. Like I said, that’s why I think you need to go back and ask the Department of Justice. They’ve done the document production. We have not been in charge of it. I would refer questions to them.
REPORTER: Just to follow, can you say again on the record that the president has no recollection of ever being asked about any of this?
SNOW: Yeah, the removal — yes, that is correct.
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