Liberal Repercussion

Dems: Stolen Memo Case Should Go to DOJ
10-Feb-04
Republican Dirty Tricks

From Roll Call, via the Daily Kos: "Key Senate Democrats predicted Monday that the internal investigation into the Judiciary Committee's leaked memos would be turned into a full-blown criminal investigation. Exiting a 90-minute briefing about the probe with Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Pickle, a quartet of senior Judiciary Democrats declared that what they had heard led them to believe a criminal inquiry, most likely with the Justice Department handling it, should occur. 'Eventually, this has to be looked at as a criminal matter,' said Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the ranking member on Judiciary... While their levels of belief in the probability of a criminal investigation varied slightly, each of the Senators raised the issue of an increasing likelihood that the probe would bring about criminal charges. 'I think there's a possibility of a criminal investigation,' Feinstein said. Kennedy added that the accessing of memos was 'probably criminal.'"

posted by Rei Toei @ 12:59 a.m.