Here’s a little taste of how Scott Jennings answered any questions that had anything remotely to do with the firing of U.S. attorneys this morning.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) couldn’t even get Jennings to answer the question “what role you have in the selection of nominees to be U.S. attorneys.” When Jennings refused to answer based on the President’s assertion of executive privilege, Leahy cautioned, “now, let’s not be too contemptuous of this committee, I’m just asking you what you do.”
Other lines of questioning were (slightly) more fruitful. We’ll have more on that later.
Note: Jennings’ former boss in the White House, Sara Taylor, began her hearing last month with a similar tack, but then ended up answering a number of questions that Jennings has refused to answer.
