Michael Roston, Raw Story
…Specter then angrily asked if the White House’s current assertions of executive privilege threatened the current form of government in the United States.
“Do you think constitutional government in the United States can survive if the president has the unilateral authority to reject congressional inquiries on grounds of executive privilege, and the president then acts to bar the Congress from getting the judicial determination as to whether that executive privilege is properly invoked?” Specter queried.
Gonzales then attempted to insist that his recusal from decision-making related to the US Attorneys investigation prevented him from answering.
The response seemed to make Specter angrier.
“I’m not asking you a question about something your recused of. I’m asking you a question about Constitutional Law,” he fired back.
Specter then went on, “I’m not going to pursue that question because I see that it’s hopeless.”
(Original Article)