President Bush and Senate Democrats clashed angrily this afternoon, as the president said he would not allow his key aides to testify under oath about the dismissal of United States attorneys, while the Democrats insisted they would settle for no less.
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The current White House counsel, Fred Fielding, offered this afternoon to make Mr. Rove and Mr. Miers available for private interviews — but not sworn testimony — before Congressional investigators.
But Democratic leaders immediately turned down the offer, demanding that President Bush’s aides testify under oath. That set the stage for a major political fight and perhaps a court showdown over the rightful powers of the executive branch and those of a Congress now controlled by Democrats.
Mr. Fielding announced the offer after a visit to Capitol Hill today, which continued to be preoccupied with the future of Mr. Gonzales, even as Mr. Gonzales won new expressions of support.
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Democrats angrily rejected Mr. Fielding’s position. “After telling a bunch of different stories about why they fired the U.S. attorneys, the Bush administration is not entitled to the benefit of the doubt,” said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader.
“Congress and the American people deserve a straight answer. If Karl Rove plans to tell the truth, he has nothing to fear from being under oath like any other witness.”
Huh? Democrats with balls?
We haven’t got a straight answer about anything from anybody in the Administration for the past six years.
I can think of some better ways to spend subpoena power, but I guess this is a start. Perhaps it will clear a path that leads to more investigations that will expose the lies of the most mendacious Administration in modern history.
I certainly wish that Bush and Cheney had been forced to testify under oath during the 9-11 Commission hearings.
And asking Cheney, Rove and Bush to testify under oath about what they knew about the Plame outing and when they knew it would tell us a great deal about the true nature of these guys.
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