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When Specter asked Gonzales whether the President has the right to prohibit the Department of Justice from pursuing Congressional charges of contempt against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten - the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow is expected to issue two contempt citations for...
"Ms. Miers' refusal to comply with the subpoena and appear at this hearing, and to answer questions and provide relevant documents regarding these concerns, cannot be properly justified on executive privilege or related immunity ground," Sanchez said of her ruling, which was upheld along party lines. Such a decision is...
The standoff came a day after former White House political aide Sara Taylor testified in front of the Senate Judiciary committee on the same topic - whether the firing of federal prosecutors in 2006 was politically motivated. Taylor toed a thin line with her testimony, invoking the President's executive privilege...
Michigan Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat and chair of the House Judiciary committee, regarded Miers' no-show as an affront when he asked, "Are Congressional subpoenas to be honored, or are they optional?" His was one of the morning's calmer statements, with Utah Rep. Chris Cannon, the ranking...
The White House, in response, accused the committee of engaging in "political spectacle" and called for it to withdraw its subpoenas. Its repeated offers to make Miers and others available for private, non-transcribed interviews have been rejected by Democrats who prefer witnesses be under oath. "I can't think...