Ellison compares Bush to Nixon
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MPR's Tim Pugmire went to a Keith Ellison press conference today and filed this:
Fifth District DFL congressional candidate Keith Ellison says he wants Watergate-style hearings into activities of the Bush administration.
Ellison marked this week's 32nd anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation to call for the congressional investigation. He accuses the White House of what he calls "imperial excesses" and the expansion of executive authority.
"I think it's important we have to develop the body of evidence. But I think that the indications are there have been impeachable offenses committed. But I think that the most important thing is to begin the investigative process, begin the inquiry into these things."
Ellison, who's a state representative from Minneapolis, introduced a resolution in the Minnesota House earlier this year calling for the impeachment of President Bush. The measure was defeated. A Minnesota Republican Party spokesman says Ellison is a far-left candidate who's out of touch with most Minnesotans.
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