Monday, July 9, 2007

Will Repubs use the "Clinton did it" talking point now?

From Raw Story:

Conyers to Bush: Follow Clinton and waive executive privilege for Libby hearing

"When President Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich stirred its own controversy back in 2001, former President Clinton took the forthright step of waiving Executive Privilege and permitting some of his closest aides to testify about the facts of the matter," he said in the July 6 letter to the White House.

He added, "It is in this spirit that I call on you too to waive Executive Privilege and provide the relevant documents and testimony of any relevant aides regarding the decision to commute Mr. Libby's sentence. Given that President Ford testified before our committee in 1974 about his pardon of President Nixon, there is ample precedent for you taking such a step."


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