Wanted: Special Prosecutor Needed
There is a conflict of interest between the Justice Department and the Executive Branch. Although AG Mukasey says he is not the President's lawyer, it is clear that the AG position is political and biased towards any sitting President.
Regarding the investigation into contempt citations passed by the House yesterday this is what Mukasey has said on the subject:
If Congress passed a citation against White House chief of staff Josh Bolten, who, along with former White House counsel Harriet Miers and Karl Rove, refused to show up when subpoenaed by Congress as part of the U.S. attorneys investigation -- would the DoJ enforce it?
Mukasey's simple answer was "no." Enforcing the contempt citation is "not permitted when the president directs a direct adviser of his, somebody who directly advises him, not to appear or when he directs any member of the executive not to produce document."
Congress need not determine whether Mr. Mukasey is biased or not. The office inherently holds a conflict of interest with the Executive Branch. Therefore, Congress should immediately order a special prosecutor to begin investigations to determine whether the President's advisors can ignore a congressional subpoena if directly told by the President not to show. The question, though time-consuming, is one that could transform our democracy.
Day by day it seems we are losing something. The Republicans members stormed out of the House when the contempt citations were being voted on. If Congress will not stand up for its own power who will stand up for the People? It saddens me to the point of tears to think that we our losing the democracy I hold so dear.
EDIT: Congress no longer has the authority to create a special prosecutor. The bill expired in 1999. The only redress now is impeachment of the President and Vice President.