Remember the Imperial Sugar case?
This was a Georgia industrial disaster that killed 14 people and injured over 40 in an explosion caused by unsafe conditions at a sugar plant.UPDATE: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington issued a release today debunking Saxby Chambliss' claims that the Speech or Debate Clause prevents him from testifying in the Imperial Sugar case.Saxby Chambliss' response to this disaster was to attack a company whistleblower whose advice, if followed, may have helped prevent the disaster.
Chambliss has been subpoenaed in a civil case brought by the families of the victims, and in true Bushian style, he is refusing to answer the subpoena:
