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The full version of The Associated Press story detailing a subpoena of former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici’s records is now available.
It looks like Domenici isn’t the main target of the investigation by federal prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy — even if he might be eventually implicated in some sort of wrongdoing.
Dropping a subpoena on Domenici may have at least as much to do with the conduct of Justice Department officials as about Domenici, who retired from the Senate this year.
They are going after people in the George W. Bush administration. Did someone say Karl Rove?
The prosecutor is going to talk to Scott Jennings, the former White House deputy of political affairs. He is a former aide to none other than… Rove. Rove has said, according to the AP, that he will cooperate with the investigation.
Jennings, it appears, was the go-between for Domenici to get his complaints about former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias to Rove. Rove, of course, had the ear of President Bush and was among Bush’s most powerful advisers.
Iglesias was eventually fired for reasons that still remain unclear.
Jennings’ lawyer, Mark Paoletta, said, “It is my understanding that Scott is not a target in this investigation.”
Jennings was a footnote in a previous subpoena when Rove was subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee but failed to appear. Jennings, who was also subpoenaed, did appear, but basically refused to say anything.
Jennings repeatedly answered, “Senator, pursuant to the president’s assertion of executive privilege, I must respectfully decline to answer.”"It sounds to me like the American taxpayers are paying you to stonewall,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., told Jennings after his refusal to answer during Leahy’s first round of questions.
Perhaps Dannehy will find Jennings more forthcoming than Leahy did.
