Contempt of Congress, as manifested in disregarding a congressional subpoena, can be pursued via an arrest warrant, and according to one of the Code Pink representatives at today's Judiciary Committee/Subcommittee hearing, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has already said that he stands ready to issue a warrant for the arrest of Karl Rove.

Rove's attorney sent a letter to Judiciary yesterday asserting a broad claim of executive privilege and also declining to appear before the Subcommittee today.

Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), chair of the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, has a solid statement ruling the exec-privilege argument invalid. Dem Counsel ...   more »