WH on Pelosi’s Request: “Truly Contemptible.” “A partisan political stunt” and “a complete waste of time,” according to the top House Republican.

And I have to agree. Justice will never be brought to bear on the Bush administration. Welcome to the United States of Crapland.

Pelosi Wants Bush Aides Investigated

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand jury investigation into whether President Bush’s chief of staff and former counsel should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.

Pelosi, D-Calif., demanded that the department pursue misdemeanor charges against former White House counsel Harriet Miers for refusing to testify to Congress about the firings of federal prosecutors in 2006 and against chief of staff Josh Bolten for failing to turn over White House documents related to the dismissals.

She gave Attorney General Michael Mukasey one week to respond and said refusal to take the matter to a grand jury will result in the House’s filing a civil lawsuit against the Bush administration.