Rep. Johnson (D-Ga.) Q: Bush WH received 600+ petitions for commutation, denied 400+, 200+ were closed without presidential action. Also Johnson references Bush's record-high number of executions as governor of Texas. "Then all of a sudden" Scooter Libby sentence was commuted, on the same day the Appeals court turned him down; "inconsistent" with Bush's own track record; without consultation with his own Justice Dept etc. Many Americans feel that Libby was silenced, that Bush was making sure Libby cdn't spill the beans. McC: I dont know; it's one of the questions where I can understand why people wd feel that ...   more »

Rep. Jackson-Lee (D-Tex.): I am proud of you as a fellow Texan [to McC].

Q: have you been paid to come to this hearing? McC: no I have not. Q: do you take the oath seriously? McC: very.

Q: on questions of impeachment, do you believe that hearings would be warranted on the basis of untruth? McC: I do not support impeachment based on what I know. I've talked about the permanent campaign culture . . . individuals had a case to be made based on partial information . . .

Q re Joseph Wilson and the Plame leak: McC: ...   more »

Darrell Issa Q, again on why you [McC] didn't speak up sooner. "Yr book is quite frankly a political book, launched at the most political time [election year]" . . . McC: "I wasn't finished with the book in" 2006-2007; started in earnest prob July 2007, still working through some of the issues myself.

Issa Q: did you consider writing any articles? McC: I thought people needed the full context etc. Issa: not timely to affect this admin. McC: I disagree; I think it could.

Issa: I agree with you. Iraq is not going to be the linchpin of democracy ...   more »

The 'compromise' FISA bill passed with very slightly less than half of Dems voting for it--leaving more than 100 Democratic congressmembers in desperate need of a good primary opponent.

Back to the Judiciary Committee hearing at 12:58 p.m.--Rep. Wexler (D-Fla.) is genuine and on the case, thanks McClellan for appearing and for the information.

McClellan says he was disillusioned about his job at the WH.

Rep. Forbes (R-Va.) quotes WH as dismissing McClellan's book as not new and not interesting etc--quotes McClellan's publisher on McClellan's criticism; Were you asked to be aggressive in yr criticism? McC: no, I told publishers ...   more »

Statement of Chairman John Conyers, Jr.

Hearing on Revelations by Former White House
Press Secretary Scott McClellan
Before the Committee on the Judiciary

(Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) made the following remarks at the Committee's hearing on Revelations by Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. Additional documents entered into the hearing record are also attached.

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