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Conyers subpoenas Rove
AMERICAblog News — Not holding my breath, but this should prove interesting.

You don't actually expect him to show up, do you?
Brilliant at Breakfast — John Conyers sends another sternly worded subpoena: The House Judiciary Committee chairman subpoenaed former White House adviser Karl Rove on Monday to testify about the Bush administration's firing of nine U.S. attorneys and its prosecution of a former Democratic governor. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., said the ongoing legal battle to get Rove and other former Bush administration aides to testify may have success with a new president in the White House. Former President George W. Bush upheld Rove and two other senior aides who asserted they did not ...

The Daily Muck
TPMMuckraker — ... The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena for Karl Rove's testimony regarding the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. Rove and two other senior aides to Bush, Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten, have been subpoenaed before but refused to appear, citing executive privilege. It is unknown how Rove will react now that the President is unlikely to exert executive privilege on his behalf. (Associated Press) ...

Congress' Sticky Wickets
The Reaction — ... House Judiciary Committee Chairman, John Conyers (D-Mich), has sent a subpoena to Karl Rove. Conyers wants deposition testimony on Feb. 2, according to Yahoo! News#, "about the Bush administration's firing of nine U.S. attorneys and its prosecution of a former Democratic governor," Don Seigelman. "Moving forward" has been the philisophical view preferred by President Obama, as well as the House and Senate leadership. "Accountability" is the view adopted by Representative Conyers. ...