Rove Says He 'Won't Comply' With Congressional Subpoenas

clipped from rawstory.com Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove "won't comply" with congressional subpoenas, according to a newspaper report of an event held in Los Angeles earlier this week. One questioner asked Rove whether he would comply with Congressional subpoenas. Rove was subpoenaed last month to testify to the House Judiciary Committee about his knowledge surrounding the firings of US Attorneys and the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. Rove "said he would not, and cited Janet Reno, President Clinton's attorney general, as his authority in resisting Congressional infringements on executive privilege." His answer seems to contrast the sentiment of his Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, who told an investigative reporter earlier this week that Rove was cooperating with two Justice Department probes into the US Attorney firings and the Siegelman case.

The piece goes on:

"I can say that he would cooperate with the [Justice Department] investigation if asked," Luskin said. He made no such specific commitment to an investigation by the House Judiciary Committee, or the Senate Judiciary Committee, both of which have subpoenaed him to testify on the cases.

Now Rove's just being pissy. He's "cooperating with two Justice Department probes," but won't testify to Congress on those probes. As far as I can see, his refusal to testify would serve no purpose at all. He's just decided to be a prick about this until the very end.

Here's hoping they send out the Sergeant at Arms to arrest him and bring him in by force. They have every legal right to do so.