In fact, aides do testify before Congress
So the next time some bobblehead gets all confused about White House aides testifying before Congress, Think Progress provides a few examples.
In them days "Executive Privilege" was just an excuse to cover up murdering drug running land dealing futures speculating adultery, whereas today it's so profoundly important that nobody at the White House could conceivably be forced to testify. Or something. Does anyone know if Karl Rove has a blue dress?
That would cinch things.
Harold Ickes, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff - 7/28/94So yeah, it does happen, and anyone who says otherwise is just spinning. It's not like the 1990's is so long ago that people can't look stuff up.
George Stephanopoulos, Senior Adviser to the President for Policy and Strategy - 8/4/94
John Podesta, Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary - 8/5/94
Bruce R. Lindsey, Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President - 1/16/96
Samuel Berger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - 9/11/97
Beth Nolan, Counsel to the President - 5/4/00
In them days "Executive Privilege" was just an excuse to cover up murdering drug running land dealing futures speculating adultery, whereas today it's so profoundly important that nobody at the White House could conceivably be forced to testify. Or something. Does anyone know if Karl Rove has a blue dress?
That would cinch things.
