Albertogate--What legal charges can come from this?

[Skidmore]

Did Alberto and Rove obstruct justice if they can be proven to remove AGs to prevent justice being carried out in active cases? Is this a RICO event? Or will we just end up with a lot of bloviating in front of cameras and on the floor of the Senate?

[asjr]

1. If Bushass kissing is a crime Alberto

should be indicted.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Lying to Congress, right off the bat...

:thumbsup:

[Warpy]

3. Obviously it's both, but don't expect either of those

to be applied in this case. It's a very fine line between dismissing an employee without cause and actually obstructing an ongoing investigation. Too many people will think it's the former.

Meanwhile, this is a perfect opportunity for Congress to teach the imperial GOP an object lesson: investigators from their own party will always be kinder to them than a Congress with a majority from the opposition party.

That's the best we can expect out of this one. There is no way they'll ever learn the difference between right and wrong.