Rove thumbs nose at DOJ hearing

The Associated Press reports Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify on Hill on allegations of political meddling at DOJ:

Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena and refused to testify Thursday about allegations of political pressure at the Ju stice Department, including whether he influenced the prosecution of a former Democratic governor of Alabama.

Rep. Linda Sanchez, chairman of a House subcommittee, ruled with backing from fellow Democrats on the panel that Rove was breaking the law by refusing to cooperate — perhaps the first step toward holding him in contempt of Congress.

Lawmakers subpoenaed Rove in May in an effort to force him to talk about whether he played a role in prosecutors' decisions to pursue cases against Democrats, such as former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, or in firing federal prosecutors considered disloyal to the Bush administration.

In May, Karl Rove was the keynote speaker at the Republican Party of Minnesota state convention in Rochester. We looked at the reasons why Rove had been subpoenaed (and why this story was related to Minnesota) in Rebranding and remembering: Karl Rove's visit to RPM convention on Saturday.

And to think that RPM chair Ron Carey invited this guy to be the headline speaker in Rochester, but forced Ron Paul to speak outside the convention center.