Last night, significant news broke that directly impacts our push for
Impeachment Hearings and a possible Inherent Contempt charge for Bush
Administration officials such as Karl Rove:
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has revealed in his
upcoming book that:
• Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, and Vice President Cheney lied
about their role in revealing the identity of Valerie Plame
Wilson - actions easily amounting to obstruction of Justice.
McClellan also admitted that:
• There was a coordinated effort within the Bush Administration
to use propaganda to pump up the case for the Iraq war and
hide the projected costs of the war from the public.
Scott McClellan must be called to testify under oath before the House
Judiciary Committee to tell Congress and the American people everything he
knows about this massive effort by the White House to deceive this nation
into
war.
Last week, a subpoena was issued for Karl Rove to testify before the
Judiciary
Committee. It appears he will take every legal action to block this
subpoena.
The truth is that Congress has the right – and obligation – to hold him
accountable now - not months or years from now. It is long past time to
pass
Inherent Contempt and bring Rove, Libby and others before Congress.
We simply cannot ignore these recent developments, nor should we postpone
serious inquiry until after the next election.
Your commitment to accountability for the Bush/Cheney Administration, and
the
sup****t of 230,000 other Americans who signed up at
wexlerwantshearings.com,
has inspired and motivated me in my effort to hold impeachment hearings
for
Vice President Dick Cheney and Inherent Contempt for Rove and others.
During
the past months I have been a tireless and dogged advocate of this vitally
im****tant cause.
Many of you have written me, asking for an update on where we stand with
regards to impeachment hearings. I know most of you believe - as I do -
that
impeachment hearings for Vice President Cheney – are not only justified,
but
that it is our constitutional obligation to look into the serious
allegations
of wrongdoing that have been raised. This is especially true based on the
newest revelations from Scott McClellan.
I believe that it is the duty of Congress to pursue impeachment whenever
there's significant evidence of wrongdoing, be it by Republicans or
Democrats,
regardless of the timing of elections or the current political
environment.
Some of you have written me demanding that I deliver hearings or
impeachment.
As hard as I have been fighting for this cause, I cannot make impeachment
happen by myself. What I can do, and what I have been doing at every
turn, is
trying to communicate two simple messages to my colleagues:
• the serious allegations of wrongdoing and the clear-cut
rationale for impeachment hearings;and
• the fact that the public will sup****t our efforts when
Congress boldly acts on the side of justice and accountability.
Unfortunately, to date, these arguments have not been enough to convince
even
a majority of the liberal and progressive Members of Congress to sup****t
impeachment hearings. In addition, the leader****p of the Democratic Party
in
Congress genuinely feels that pursuing impeachment will jeopardize our
congressional agenda and threaten gains in the November elections.
Although I
genuinely disagree with this view, to date I have been unable to convince
them
to change this policy.
I understand the challenges that we are up against, and I recognize the
odds
that we face. Nevertheless, I remain unfazed and unyielding.
This new evidence from Scott McClellan could be the tipping point – but we
must move quickly. I will use the McClellan admissions to help convince my
colleagues that we must hold impeachment hearings.
Regardless, I will continue to fight for progressive values and our
Constitution. I will do everything I can to pursue accountability for
criminal actions taken by this Administration and this Vice President. I
will
be a furious opponent to any expansion of this misguided war, and I will
fight
against the use of torture by our government and to protect our civil
liberties here at home.
Most of all, I will continue my efforts to convince my fellow members of
Congress and voters, that we should not be a party of passivity - but that
we
succeed when we present the public with stark choices that are based on
the
guarantees in our Constitution, and not on the politics of the moment.
I will continue - at every pass - to call for impeachment and
accountability.
While I wish more of my colleagues sup****ted our movement, we must not let
our
discouragement lead to apathy and distraction in this im****tant election
year
when we must break free from eight long years of illegalities, cor****ate
handouts, and a tragic and devastating war.
We should not end the calls for impeachment. I will push against the
crimes
of the Bush Administration whenever I am provided the op****tunity. I will
use
my role on the Judiciary Committee to take on Administration officials –
like
I have done with Condoleezza Rice, Attorney Generals Gonzalez and Mukasey,
and
FBI Director Mueller.
I have not given up our fight to hold this Administration accountable and
neither can you. I am grateful for your patriotism and your sup****t. I'll
continue to keep you informed and part of the conversation.
Sincerely,
Congressman Robert Wexler
Paid for by "Wexler for Congress"
PO Box 810669
Boca Raton, FL 33481
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