Rep. Sanchez: Karl Rove Should Go To Jail
Yesterday, former White House adviser Karl Rove skipped the country and refused to to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to testify about the politicization of the Justice Department, despite a subpoena.
House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA), chairwoman of the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, rejected Rove’s claim of executive privilege. Conyers called Rove’s absence an “insult to the American people and to the system of checks and balances that are the basis of our constitution and our democracy.”
Yesterday, Sanchez appeared on MSNBC and said that “in the next couple of weeks,” the Judiciary committee will vote to hold Rove in contempt. She believes that if the measure goes to the full House for a vote, there “a very great probability” that it would be approved. Sanchez also said that she thinks Rove should go to jail:
SHUSTER: But in any case, you want Karl Rove put in jail for this, right?
SANCHEZ: I would like to see him held accountable for his complete disregard of the law absolutely.
SHUSTER: But will you say “Yes, Karl Rove should go to jail if he doesn’t cooperate”?
SANCHEZ: I personally believe, yes, absolutely. Anybody who scoffs at the law and who has committed an offense that is punishable by jail time should be put in jail.
VIDEO:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/11/sanchez-rove-jail/