Another double segment by Dan Abrams begins with House Judiciary Committee member Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Schultz says that Congress will pursue the case to the maximum extent possible in order to get Rove to testify. And when Abrams brings up the possibility of arrest, Schultz states:
"Well, if that's what it takes. We really cannot allow the co-equal branch of government, the legislative branch, to be trampled upon by the executive branch."
Abrams devotes the second segment to the issue of executive privilege. First fired US Attorney David Iglesias responds to Karl Rove's ridiculous notion about executive privilege stated on Sunday:
"This is America. We believe in the rule of law. You can't just ignore a subpoena. If a court or Congress gives you a subpoena you've got to show up and then claim the privilege. What Rove is saying, like Miers and Bolton before him, is that we can just ignore it. As somebody once famously said, there is no legal controlling authority for that."
But Georgetown University Law School professor, Paul Rothstein, sees it differently arguing (amazingly) that the President can claim executive privilege because (1) "Karl Rove is such a high advisor to the President", and (2) this is an inquiry into the President's control over the Justice Department" which "is in the executive branch which the President heads".
However, the Professor later goes on to state executive privilege would not be a barrier to getting Rove's testimony if real illegality could be shown, thus negating his two prong justification and proving he is full of it.
Abrams concludes the segment by stating, "Let's remember, Congress can deal with this in their own way, if they so choose. There is a little jail. a little holding cell in the bottom of the Congress."
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