The White House hasn’t been in much of a waiving mood lately, but it’s worth a shot.
In a letter today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) asked President Bush to waive executive privilege for any aides who might testify before the committee this Wednesday about Bush’s commutation of Scooter Libby’s sentence. As Conyers notes, “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.” Conyers wants the same deal for his hearing this Wednesday.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=180438