White House Counsel: Jennings Not Protected By Executive Privilege
The Hound Dog August 2nd, 2007
White House Counsel Fred Fielding declined to make the claim that former Mitch McConnell political director (now Karl Rove deputy) J. Scott Jennings is protected by executive privilege:
Fielding did not say Rove’s aide, J. Scott Jennings, is also protected by this privilege.
Jennings was expected to appear before the committee Thursday and, although Fielding’s letter indicated the aide will decline to answer questions about the U.S. attorney matter, he could be questioned on other topics.
It now appears members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will be allowed to ask him about Mitch McConnell’s involvement (not covered under executive privilege) in the US Attorney scandal and also any actions by RNC Chair Mike Duncan of Inez, Kentucky in “losing” the emails that Scott Jennings illegally sent from a RNC email account while working in the White House.
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From Yahoo News:
…”I will be unable at this time to answer any questions concerning White House consideration, deliberations or communications related to the U.S. attorneys matter,” Jennings, deputy director of Bush’s White House political shop, told the panel. He made that assertion after initially noting at the outset that he is only 29 years old….
…”I hope that you can appreciate the difficulty of my situation,” Jennings said. “It makes Odysseus’ voyage between Scylla and Charybdis seem like a pleasure cruise.”…
J. Scott Jennings is only 29? Is there a rule that to be a Republican operative, you must look and dress like you’re, at minimum, 55? Holy cow!