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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Goodling immunity?

Two reports tonight that the Senate Judiciary Committee may extend Monica Goodling immunity for her testimony. MSNBC, Time.

You figure she's got to be offering something if they're considering immunity.

Also: Fred Fielding is trying to keep the Congress out of the RNC emails. (Funny, the White House wants to try and claim executive privilege, but the RNC is not so keen.)

NYTimes frontpager on the topic. And, a WaPo frontpager.

posted by mikevotes at 9:27 PM

6 Comments:

  • You figure she's got to be offering something if they're considering immunity.

    And if she tries to get cute -- not telling the whole truth -- the immunity deal would most likely be void. The woman has already shown her contempt for congress. It remains to be seen if she will demonstrate it to a criminal degree.

    By Blogger -epm, at 10:32 PM  

  • True.

    The deals are often as much about tone of cooperation as cooperation itself.

    For the deal to be struck, the immunity granters have to be convinced that she's giving it all.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 7:39 AM  

  • My sense is that she definitely does have something to offer and she's too frightened to get cute. She's a young woman in the middle of a giant shithole. And she probably remembers what happened to Susan McDougal.

    This is getting interesting. Must be something about the name Monica... ;-)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:09 AM  

  • Think they put a picture of Susan McDougal on the desk when she comes in to negotiate?

    I would guess she's probably trying to negotiate who she gives up. For instance, I'll talk about Doj, but not White House, something like that.

    I doubt the Dems would take that, but if she's smart, she's using stepping stone negotiations.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:10 AM  

  • They're eating their young over there at the RNC and in the Administration. I'm having a Schadenfreude OD Seizure.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:05 PM  

  • Yeah, This batch of Schadenfreude is coming with a nice thick layer of sugar icing.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 2:08 PM  

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