Phony offer.
2 Committees Subpoena Ex-Officials on Dismissals
By DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: June 14, 2007WASHINGTON, June 13 — The Senate and House Judiciary Committees issued subpoenas on Wednesday to Harriet E. Miers, the former White House counsel, and Sara M. Taylor, the former political director, ratcheting up the pressure on the White House to cooperate with the Congressional inquiry into last year’s firings of federal prosecutors.
The White House has rejected previous Congressional requests to interview presidential aides, offering to let them be interviewed in private if no transcript is kept.
The judiciary panels, acting two days after Republicans blocked an effort to hold a no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, also sought White House documents about its involvement in the dismissals and efforts to respond to Congressional inquiries into whether as many as nine United States attorneys were removed for political reasons.
A White House spokesman, Tony Fratto, said in a statement that “committees can easily obtain the facts they want without this confrontational approach by simply accepting our offer.” The committees’ Democratic leaders “are more interested in creating media drama than getting the facts,” Mr. Fratto said.
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The offer is no transcript, in secret, and not sworn in.
This means:
- No Ability to Investigate Conflicting Testimony
- No Ability To Document Lies
- No Ability to Prosecute Lies
- No Public Disclosure of Illegality
Translation, “I’m gonna make you squeal like a pig.”