Mr. Rove’s lawyer also noted that the House committee was engaged in a similar conflict with Harriet E. Miers, the former White House counsel, who has also declined to provide voluntary testimony about the dismissals of the federal prosecutors and has defied a subpoena. That issue has landed in federal court, and Mr. Luskin said the Rove matter should await the resolution of that case. Mr. Conyers, in a letter to Mr. Luskin on Thursday, said that the request to Mr. Rove was wider than the one to Ms. Miers because it also sought information about the Siegelman prosecution. Several Democrats have asserted that Mr. Siegelman’s prosecution was encouraged for political reasons by Republicans in Washington. Mr. Siegelman served nine months of a seven-year sentence before being released pending an appeal. Mr. Rove has denied any role in the Siegelman prosecution in comments to journalists, but Mr. Conyers is seeking to put him under oath. The subpoena demands that Mr. Rove appear before the committee on July 10. If he does not appear, as expected, House Democrats will have to consider issuing a contempt citation as they did for Ms. Miers So a couple of years from now the issue is resolved in the S. Ct.? I wonder if Bush on his exit can pardon this contempt along with all the other folks he will pardon ala Dad to keep investigations of his wrongs from proceeding. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/w...ove.html?ref=us
