From Schumer:
Today, at the Senate Judiciary Committee markup, authorization for subpoenas was approved for several Department of Justice officials: Mike Elston, Kyle Sampson, Monica Goodling, Bill Mercer, Mike Battle. Republican members of the committee blocked the authorization for subpoenas for White House officials, namely Harriet Miers, Karl Rove, and William Kelly. Schumer released the following statement:
“This is the worst crisis at the Department of Justice that I have seen in my time in the Senate. It is a crisis of confidence, a crisis of credibility, and a crisis of management. And ridding the Department of one bad actor doesn’t begin to rid the Department of the taint of this scandal. That is why every day more and more Senators have joined me in my call for Alberto Gonzales to step down. Beyond a change in the top, we should also be doing everything we can to get correct and candid answers from the Department, once and for all. The sooner we do that, the sooner public confidence can be restored. And it won’t be a moment too soon. Today’s authorization for subpoenas gets us a major step closer.
“It is regrettable that members of the minority blocked subpoenas for some of the White House players. They should be joining in our efforts to get to the bottom of this.”
