Lawyers working for the House Judiciary Committee are meeting with former White House spokesman Scott McClellan regarding the explosive revelations contained in his new tell-all memoir.
While Judiciary chairman John Conyers has not decided whether he will officially schedule hearings over the book that McClellan wrote, Judiciary Committee member Robert Wexler already has called for McClellan to testify under oath about his book.
In the book, McClellan suggests that vice presidential aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and former Bush confidant Karl Rove, may have privately discussed their involvement in the Plame scandal as the Justice Department was beginning its investigation. Both men released information about the former covert agent to reporters in attempt to discredit her husband, former Ambassador Joe Wilson, who was criticizing the White House's faulty intelligence about Iraq's weapons programs.
Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice before President Bush commuted his sentence. Rove avoided any official sanctions for his involvement in the leak. After resigning his White House post, he's gone on to be a commentator for Fox News, columnist for Newsweek and freelance political operative.
McClellan said Friday he would be willing to comply with a possible congressional subpoena to discuss the administration’s handling of pre-war intelligence, telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he’d be 'happy to talk if I am asked to testify,'"
CNN's Political Ticker blog reports.
It remains to be seen whether the White House would have grounds to claim executive privilege and block McClellan's testimony, should it come to that
McClellan Says He 'Would be Happy' to Testify to Congress
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