The Hound Dog August 3rd, 2007

Not a big surprise yesterday that former Mitch McConnell political director J. Scott Jennings refused to answer questions after being subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee:

Jennings, 29, was the first sitting White House official to appear, but he made it clear from the outset that he would not answer any questions related to the firing of the nine prosecutors.

“I hope that you can appreciate the difficulty of my situation,” Jennings told the panel. “It makes Odysseus’ voyage between Scylla and Charybdis seem like a pleasure cruise.”

However, it appears that Jennings is in clear violation of the Hatch Act if he used an RNC email account to engage in political work from the White House, in hopes that he could avoid these emails from being subpoenaed under the Open Records Act. However, the emails were subpoenaed anyway and his good friend from Inez, Kentucky, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, claims the RNC has lost them! Were any of these emails to Mitch McConnell, perhaps in regards to David Huber:

In e-mails among top Justice staffers, obtained by the committee months ago, Jennings figured prominently in discussions about at least two of the ousted U.S. attorneys. But Jennings cited Bush’s claim of “executive privilege” in refusing to answer questions about it. Rove, whose RNC e-mail address shows up on some of the e-mails discussing the firings, cited the same privilege claim in refusing to appear.

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