Today the House Judiciary is voting on subpoenas

[cali]

to compel 4 of the 8 fired U.S. Attorney to testify. Ousted U.S. Attorney David Inglesias of New Mexico claimed that he was canned for political reasons- refusing to comply with two repuke congressmen who wanted him to rush through an indictment that might have helped the repukes in the 2006 election. Inglesias said: "This episode came like a thief in the night," he said of the Dec. 7 request for him to step down. He added, "Obviously, I tripped some wire." He has indicated he'll testify only if he's compelled to do so.

The Senate Judiciary will vote on issuing subpoenas to the same four ousted U.S. Attorneys next week.

You can read the story here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/28/state/n163928S63.DTL&type=politics

[napi21]

1. Is this going to be on cspan or some streaming site?

I'vve been very interested in this story, and I wish they would subpoena all 8 of the fired US Attorneys. This manuver reminds me a lot of the Nixon firings and we all know what THAT lead to!

[cali]

2. I don't think it'll be on C-Span

at least not if the House is in session, but they might be rcording it for play on the net or for broadcast at a later date. I too, am really interested in this story. Did they can 8 to mask getting rid of one or two? Who were the reps who pressured Inglesias? This could get really interesting.

[annabanana]

4. See the link below... there should be a webcast, 10am. . n/t

[cali]

5. Thanks, annabanana! n/t

[annabanana]

3. Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you the House Judiciary:

http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMembership.aspx

Please encourage them to issue these subpoenas. These dismissed Jurists want them to be issued.

(This page has links to all their contact info, and there is a link to a webcast on their Schedule page)

[napi21]

7. Terrific! I already havethe site up and will tune in at 10AM!

I think we can depend on Conyers to dig a deep hole for Gonzo!

[jannyk]

6. Wasn't the US Attorney that

was involved in the Duke Cunningham case also 'fired'? Or did I dream that?

[napi21]

8. YES! She was fired! I also heard that was done just before

some others involved in the Cunningham mess go to trial!

[conscious evolution]

9. My letter to the Committee

First of all I would like to thank the committee for its work on getting the abusesof the bush administration out in the open.
I have been reading on the nets(DemocraticUnderground in particular) where you are thinking of issueing subpeonas to the recently fired Federal Attorneys.Please subpeona them so they may testify and expose more of bushs misdeeds.Firing prosecutors the wat they did sounds like an attempted coverup of more criminal activitys by the bush administration and as such needs to be exposed to the light of day.
So please subpeona them as soon as possible.

Thank you and I'm looking forward to their testimony.



Please,everyone do the same.

[MiniMe]

10. It looks like it may be a 4pm, am I reading the schedule wrong?

Scheduled events for dates
3/1/2007 - 3/1/2007

Thursday 03/01/2007 - 10:00 AM
2141 Rayburn HOB
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
Hearing on S.1, the Senate Approach to Lobbying Reform




Thursday 03/01/2007 - 4:00 PM
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Consideration of issuing subpoenas to former United States Attorneys

By Direction of the Chair