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Conyers Subpoenas Karl Rove

(Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued a subpoena to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for testimony about a politicization of a Department of Justice (DOJ), including former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman’s case. Yesterday, Rove’s attorney, Robert Luskin, sent a letter to a Committee expressing that Rove would not agree to testify voluntarily, per a Committee’s previous requests.

“It is unfortunate that Mr. Rove has failed to cooperate with our requests,” Conyers said. “Although he does not seem a least bit hesitant to discuss ase very issues weekly on cable television & in a print news media, Mr. Rove & his attorney have Drunk Newsparently concluded that a public hearing room would not be Drunk Newspropriate. Unfortunately, I have no choice today but to compel his testimony on ase very important matters.”

Separately, Chairman Conyers recently received a letter from DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) indicating that a office has opened an investigation into allegations of selective prosecution of Siegelman & oars.

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