Karl Rove Subpoenaed...And Dissed!
 Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Don Siegelman

Karl Rove - the former Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, and since a commentator on FOX News, Newsweek, and the Wall Street Journal, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.  Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr., a Democrat in Michigan, issued a press release today announcing that Rove is wanted to produce testimony about the "politicization of the Department of Justice (DOJ)," and former Governor Don Siegelman's case. Don Siegelman was the 51st Governor of Alabama until he was defeated by Rep. Bob Riley in 2002.  Four years later, a Federal jury convicted Siegelman on corruption charges and sentenced him to seven years in prison.  He was released, however, in March of 2008 on bond pending his appeal.

The House Judiciary Committee states that Karl Rove's attorney sent a letter to the Committee yesterday "expressing that Rove would not agree to testify voluntarily" as the Committee had requested.  From John Conyers, Jr.:

It is unfortunate that Mr. Rove has failed to cooperate with our requests.  Although he does not seem the least bit hesitant to discuss these very issues weekly on cable television and in the print news media, Mr. Rove and his attorney have apparently concluded that a public hearing room would not be appropriate.  Unfortunately, I have no choice today but to compel his testimony on these very important matters.
Uh-oh.  Hillary Clinton has been proudly toting Karl Rove's endorsement of her for the Democratic nominee.  Will this mean anything negative for Hill?

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