True to his promise, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he declines to prosecute former White House officials Josh Bolten and Harriet Meirs for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer subpoenas to appear and testify about the White House involvement in the politicization of the Department of Justice.
(This is the old U.S. Attorney's scandal and you may remember nine of them were fired, even though they were Bush appointees, supposedly because they refused to prosecute trumped up political charges for political allies.
In Seattle, John McKay was fired, and the evidence so far indicates it was over his decision not to prosecute anyone over Dino Rossi's loss to Chris Gregoire for governor.
The FBI investigated and found no wrongdoing. A Bush appointed judge in Eastern Washington found no evidence to justify a lawsuit. Secretary of State Sam Reed, a Republican, found no evidence of wrongdoing.
The R's in this state were, and still are, livid.)
So, what's the next step?
The House leadership will likely pursue court action, and it could take the rest of the Bush term to resolve.
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