Federal inquiry includes local man(Scott Jenning and use of RNC email addy)

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He is among the White House and Justice Department officials named in subpoenas that the Senate Judiciary Committee authorized Thursday -- but has not yet issued. A House panel did the same thing Wednesday, pending negotiations with the administration.

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According to the documents, Jennings sent an e-mail on Aug. 24 to Kyle Sampson, then chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, about the switch.

"Tim said he got a call from Bud offering this idea: that Tim come on board as a special AUSA (assistant U.S. attorney) while Bud finalizes his private sector plan. That would alleviate pressure/implication that Tim forced Bud out. Any thoughts on that? Tim seemed relatively excited about that option this morning on the phone."

Jennings used an e-mail account registered to the Republican National Committee.

The Democratic National Committee last week issued a press release listing Jennings among the "2007 GOP Unsweet Sixteen" in various White House controversies. Also on the list were Vice President Dick Cheney, Gonzales and others.

more:http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070325/NEWS01/703250496

GOP's Sixteen Least Accountable Square Off in 2007 Unsweet Sixteen

http://www.democrats.org/a/2007/03/gops_sixteen_le.php

[maddezmom]

1. more on Jennings, Rove and Doan at GSA

The committee's examination of the Jan. 26 videoconference could raise questions about the role of Jennings, the White House official who works for Rove.

Jennings's name has recently surfaced in investigations of the firing of eight U.S. attorneys around the country. He communicated with Justice Department officials concerning the appointment of Tim Griffin, a former Rove aide, as U.S. attorney in Little Rock, according to e-mails released this month. For that exchange, Jennings, although working at the White House, used an e-mail account registered to the Republican National Committee, where Griffin had worked as a political opposition researcher.

Jennings is a longtime political operative from Kentucky. He served as political director for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2002 before joining the White House.

After Jennings and Doan spoke during the videoconference, one regional GSA administrator offered the suggestion that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could be excluded from the opening of an environmentally efficient federal courthouse in San Francisco, which Pelosi represents, according to Waxman's letter. GSA manages the nation's federal courthouses.

more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/25/AR2007032501048_2.html