Conyers Orders Rove To Testify

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers is going after uber-turd Karl Rove. He can no longer hide behind Bush's Wrangler® denin skirt. We as citizens need to find out about his contacts with department officials over the years and his involvement in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys.

"Change has come to Washington, and I hope Karl Rove is ready for it," Conyers said. "After two years of stonewalling, it's time for him to talk."

via The Washington Monthly:

Rove relied on an executive-privilege claim to ignore the subpoena the last time -- the matter is still pending in the courts -- but Bush obviously isn't president anymore. Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, argued that former presidents still retain executive privilege on matters relating to their time in office, but the current White House counsel may not agree. If so, Luskin assumes that "the matter will be resolved among the courts, the president and the former president."

We don't yet know how Obama's legal team will respond, but it's worth noting that the president has called the "absolute immunity" claims of the Bush administration "completely misguided."

Source: WaPo