by Chris W.
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September 12, 2006

How should Congress punish Rove?

July 11, 2008 08:54 PM EDT (Updated: July 11, 2008 09:31 PM EDT)
views: 76 | comments: 15

Karl Rove has publicly refused a subpoena to testify before Congress on the Justice Department political interference investigation. How should Congress punish his defiance? Should the contempt of Congress include a prison term?

Since Rove is no longer an officeholding member of the Bush adminstration, he has no legal immunity. But if Congress chooses to get tough, will Bush get involved on the side of his former buddy?

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Comments: 15

Debra C. Jul 11, 2008, 9:05pm EDT
He can take the 5th, but he must appear. Anything else is contempt.
Ron Jenkins Jul 11, 2008, 9:15pm EDT
Drawn and quartered?
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Jul 11, 2008, 11:05pm EDT
Should the contempt of Congress include a prison term?

Absolutely.
Wilma D. Jul 11, 2008, 11:21pm EDT
Waterboarding?
Don(time to open them FEMA camps) S. Jul 11, 2008, 11:24pm EDT
Punish ????

Congress?????


FAT chance.
Col. George W. Jul 11, 2008, 11:29pm EDT
He can be picked up and forced to testify. If he lies he makes it worse for himself. Once he testifies he faces the federal judge and if we are lucky goes to jail. An impeached Bush could not free him.
Gerry Wass Jul 12, 2008, 7:42am EDT
I wonder what his strategic thinking is. He seems to feel he is still above the law in a the way he must have felt so many times when he was a member of this administration.
Peter Wimsey Jul 13, 2008, 7:08am EDT
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"He can take the 5th, but he must appear. Anything else is contempt."

Well Debra, I don't know. Whenever I take a 5th of anything, I become very blabby.
Ali Hussein Lopez Jul 13, 2008, 3:21pm EDT
He should be sent to Guantanamo for an indefinite period of time, or, until Hell freezes over, whichever comes first.
You know dear, my Clark said the exact same thing about me, strange.
Charles Temm JR Jul 15, 2008, 11:22am EDT
contempt of congress charges? can you really serve 200+ million of those?
Charles, do you like my hair? I think Antoine made me look way too radical, so I ditched the shades.

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