Perjury Investigation for Gonzo? Subpoena for Rove

Well, looks like Goofy Gonzo finally tripped over his own fabrications. He doesn't prep. well for these occasions, otherwise Karl would have made sure he didn't make this mistake.
Speaking of Karl, he gets a direct invite to the fun, now, as well.
None of this matters if the Senate doesn't enforce their subpoenas. I doubt if anyone will take a perjury investigation seriously if they can't enforce subpoenas, either.

Courtesy of the AP.

Democrats urge perjury probe of Gonzales
By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats called for a perjury investigation against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday and subpoenaed top presidential aide Karl Rove in a deepening political and legal clash with the Bush administration.

"It has become apparent that the attorney general has provided at a minimum half-truths and misleading statements," four Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote in a letter to Solicitor General Paul Clement.

They dispatched the letter shortly before Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., announced the subpoena of Rove, the president's top political strategist, in remarks on the Senate floor.

"We have now reached a point where the accumulated evidence shows that political considerations factored into the unprecedented firing of at least nine United States Attorneys last year," said Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
[...]
Gonzales is at the center of the U.S. attorney controversy, but the call for a perjury probe involved alleged conflicts between testimony he gave the Judiciary Committee in two appearances, one last year and the other this week. The issue revolves around whether there was internal administration dissent over the president's warrantless wiretapping program.

As for the firing of the prosecutors, e-mails released by the Justice Department show Gonzales' aides conferred with Rove on the matter.

Leahy also said he was issuing a subpoena for J. Scott Jennings, a White House political aide.

"For over four months, I have exhausted every avenue seeking the voluntary cooperation of Karl Rove and J. Scott Jennings, but to no avail," the Vermont lawmaker said. "They and the White House have stonewalled every request. Indeed, the White House is choosing to withhold documents and is instructing witnesses who are former officials to refuse to answer questions and provide relevant information and documents."

This is a big deal and the senate needs to get the show on the road. At the rate they have been going, Little Georgy, Uncle Dick, and Gonzo will be retired in Dubai, by the time they try to enforce a subpoena.

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