{"id":6199,"date":"2012-04-19T22:46:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T04:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:37","slug":"former-congresswoman-not-too-late-to-hold-bush-and-cheney-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/former-congresswoman-not-too-late-to-hold-bush-and-cheney-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Congresswoman: Not too late to hold Bush and Cheney accountable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object align=\"left\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" id=\"msnbc21c2db\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=47106068&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc21c2db\"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" FlashVars=\"launch=47106068&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"\/><\/object>Rawstory &#8212; Former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY) told MSNBC&#8217;s Martin Bashir on Thursday that former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney could still be held accountable for violating federal criminal statues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a former prosecutor and a former member of the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate, I spent a lot of time taking a look at the statues,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to abuse power, and it\u2019s one thing not to do the right thing, but it\u2019s another thing to commit a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holtzman said Bush and Cheney appear to have \u201cknowingly\u201d violated at least three statues.<\/p>\n<p>She said Bush and Cheney likely committed conspiracy to defraud the United States, for the \u201cdeceptions\u201d involved in going to war with Iraq. Secondly, she claimed they violated federal statues regarding the wiretapping of Americans without a court order. Thirdly, Holtzman said Bush and Cheney violated federal laws prohibiting torture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we can\u2019t afford to do is allow a president to say he is above the law,\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\n<p>After taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama banned the use of torture and promised to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. But vowed not to prosecute former Bush Administration officials, saying it was a \u201ctime for reflection, not retribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Original Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,7,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-evidence","category-impeachment-news","category-related-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Congresswoman: Not too late to hold Bush and Cheney accountable &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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