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‘Imperial presidency’ hearing to feature 13 witnesses
Nick Juliano
Raw Story
Friday, July 25, 2008
Kucinich, Barr, Bugliosi among those testifying
The House Judiciary Committee has released a witness list for its hearing to examine “the imperial presidency” of George W. Bush.
Testifying Friday morning will be Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who has introduced several resolutions calling for President Bush’s and Vice President Dick Cheney’s impeachment; former Rep. Bob Barr, the Libertarian presidential candidate who led the charge to impeach Bill Clinton in 1998; Vincent Bugliosi, author of the just-released book The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder; and 10 other current and former members of Congress, constitutional experts and human rights activists.
The hearing, which was announced last week, seems to be the one Judiciary Chairman John Conyers promised to Kucinich after he introduced his second impeachment resolution aimed at Bush earlier this month. Any action on Kucinich’s articles of impeachment still seems unlikely, but the Ohio Democrat has previously said he just wants to be able to present his case.
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Late Thursday afternoon, the committee released the full witness list, broken down into two panels.
Panel One
The Honorable Dennis Kucinich, Representative from Ohio
The Honorable Maurice Hinchey, Representative from New York
The Honorable Walter Jones, Representative from North Carolina
The Honorable Brad Miller, Representative from North CarolinaPanel Two
The Honorable Elizabeth Holtzman, Former Representative from New York
The Honorable Bob Barr, Former Representative from Georgia, 2008 Libertarian Nominee for President
The Honorable Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson, Founder and President, High Roads for Human Rights
Stephen Presser, Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History, Northwestern University School of Law
Bruce Fein<, Associate Deputy Attorney General, 1981-82, Chairman, American Freedom Agenda
Vincent Bugliosi, Author and former Los Angeles County Prosecutor
Jeremy A. Rabkin, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Elliott Adams, President of the Board, Veterans for Peace
Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Conyers (D-MI) previously laid out six areas the hearing would explore:
(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;
(3) misuse of investigatory and detention authority with regard to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, including questions regarding the legality of the administration’s surveillance, detention, interrogation, and rendition programs;
(4) manipulation of intelligence and misuse of war powers, including possible misrepresentations to Congress related thereto;
(5) improper retaliation against administration critics, including disclosing information concerning CIA operative Valerie Plame, and obstruction of justice related thereto; and
(6) misuse of authority in denying Congress and the American people the ability to oversee and scrutinize conduct within the administration, including through the use of various asserted privileges and immunities.
The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday on Capitol Hill.
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July 25th, 2008 at 5:43 am
Where is Ron Paul in this process??? I don’t for the life of me understand why he is not even supporting Kucinich. I am a big fan of Ron Paul and he has always been a stalwart in truth seeking and following the Constitution, but where is he on this historical day?
Anyone can explain?
Chris.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Chris, I`m wondering the same thing.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:57 am
13 witnesses? Hahahaha!
Not 12, not 14, but 13. Here’s a hint. Anytime you see 13 in a logo or major reference, it’s Illuminati. 13 is telling you here this event is fixed by THEM. It’s saying, “we control both sides.”
July 25th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Bob Barr, Mr Flip Flop of the LP. Barr doesn’t even know the core values of the LP. We need Ron Paul on this!!!
July 25th, 2008 at 7:08 am
I am a huge Ron Paul supporter and if Ron Paul is nowhere to be found then we should step back and wonder if the 13 Witnesses are a sign of something else going on here. Ron Paul probably knows something we don’t. Maybe Ron Paul knows this is all a “show” ? Don’t get me wrong I like Dennis Kucinich, but they are probably using the poor man like crazy. I am noe watching all C-SPAN stations and no one is covering this live. Amazing. (Go to c-span.org)
July 25th, 2008 at 7:10 am
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, ok it’s on c-span
July 25th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Ron Paul is a different hearing same time – its on cspan 3
regarding the housing bailout -
July 25th, 2008 at 7:18 am
That is a good question. Where is Ron Paul?
July 25th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Anyone know what’s going on with the airplane thing from the other day. Is there an investigation?
July 25th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Does anyone know what is going on with the airplane thing from the other day?
July 25th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Yes that’s right Ron Paul is on C-SPAN3 on the Housing Bail out.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:41 am
This is an important battle, fight on patriots, fight on. We are turning the tide in this war for truth. Thought we are no where near a decisive point, we have launched a hasty defense and this is our first counter attack.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:56 am
The media is ignoring the Kucinich Impeachment Hearings. Wisconson Public Radio should be carrying the hearing live through NPR, but I don’t think NPR is carrying it. Wisconsin Public Radio should be talking about these hearings all day on the “Ideas Network” but there is no mention of it on their program schedule.
The NWO reaches through all the media, even public radio and teevee through the US Information Agency personnel who now run public media. I don’t how millions of people have ignored it for so long, but the guy who has run NPR for the last 10 years used to be honcho at the old CIA propaganda house. Now his propaganda buddies are infesting public media at every level down to local.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:27 am
http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs.....mp;Code=CS
Watch it here live!
July 25th, 2008 at 8:56 am
You know when you cook fish in the house and everything great
with some good wine. Then you go outside for some fresh air and when you come back into the house it really stinks but you didn’t notice while your wallowing in it.
Well all US citizens need to step outside themselves for a moment so so they can really experience what it’s like outside
the stench that our administration of power lusting, greedy,
self-serving, lying, murdering, treasonous cowards have cooked up for their dinner guests.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:03 am
I’m watching this right now, wondering what’s up with John Conyers? He seems like he’s been drinking. He’s speaking so slow, like it’s a struggle to get the words out. Anyone else notice that? (Maybe he’s trying to speak slow to take more time away from everyone else.)
July 25th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Very interesting how they shut down the applause when Vincent Bugliosi was speaking. The audience was told they can’t show any emmotion of any kind. We can’t have that show up on the news, people cheering for someone saying the President is guilty of murder. (Not that the mainstream news would ever cover it.)
July 25th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
thanks derek, i looked and couldn’t find it, watched about 1.30 hours, was real good, hope it all gets uploaded, hope to remember this in my old age if we survive