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In a release Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) announced he will hold a hearing July 25 examining "the imperial presidency of George W. Bush and possible legal responses."
The word "impeachment" was not mentioned in the announcement, but it appears the hearing is going to examine issues raised by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) in his resolution to impeach Bush.
Conyers did not say who would testify at the hearing, but he laid out a variety of abuses that would be examined, including:
(1) improper politicization of the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorneys offices, including potential misuse of authority with regard to election and voting controversies;
(2) misuse of executive branch authority and the adoption and implementation of the so-called unitary executive theory, including in the areas of presidential signing statements and regulatory authority;
Kucinich Says 'Unidentified Foreign Official' Wants To Speak At Impeachment Talks
No matter how the eventual hearing is framed, Kucinich said he would like to be joined at the witness table by a foreign official he would not name.
“I’ve been contacted by representatives of a U.S. ally who are seeking an opportunity to appear before the Judiciary Committee,” he said in an interview.
“Legislative leaders of a foreign capital” have a “new angle that I haven’t thought of before but is relevant,” he said. “This interest in whether we’ve been told the truth has extended to other countries.”
Originally posted by slayerfan
wow ho would that us ally be?????
Originally posted by Shar_Chi
reply to post by DimensionalDetective
Yeah very interesting, I'll be tuning in to see who turns up. I wonder when he talks about being 'told the truth'. There seems to be a lot of such talk in the Japanese parliament lately, so I'd put odds on Canada then Japan.
Originally posted by slayerfan
wow ho would that us ally be?????
Originally posted by Frankidealist35
Am I the only one that thinks that something fishy is going on? It took congress 7 years or so to realize that George W Bush was committing war-crimes and they're just doing something about it now?
Originally posted by dariousg
reply to post by Frankidealist35
If you look into it you will see that Mr. Kucinich has actually been pushing these type of things to the forefront for at least 3 years. Probably longer now that I think about it.
He was in on the 'secret' meeting that took place in Congress after 911 that was presented by a 'member of this administration' as he put it. He was sworn to secrecy about what was discussed. He said he sold his soul when he signed that and it is why he no longer attends any 'secret' meetings of Congress.
So, it hasn't actually been 7 years. Don't you recall the articles of impeachment he brought up against Cheney last year? He has been trying for a long time. I just think that either a) other members of Congress are seeing the light, or b) the powers that be realize that it doesn't matter. It's too late so they are allowing for these arguments to actually be brought forth.
Anyway, thought I would point that out since you had a very valid question.