More subpoenas are coming, including one for Rove’s right hand woman, and White House Director of Political Affairs, Sara Taylor:
The authorization approved Thursday covers all documents in the possession, control or custody of the Department of Justice and the White House related to the committee’s ongoing investigation. Another authorization for subpoenas was approved by the committee for J. Scott Jennings, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs; and William E. Moschella, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General.
The Committee is expected to vote on a similar authorization next week for Sara M. Taylor, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs.
I think the head of the White House’s IT staff should be subpoenaed, to explain how the five million or however many emails could have been “lost”. As a tech guy wrote to Dan Froomkin, servers are regularly backed up, and the backups are kept indefinitely; the only reason to destroy a backup is to destroy evidence.
The explanation the White House spokeswoman gave today for the loss of the emails—migration from Lotus Notes to Outlook—is preposterous.