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Justice Ends Bush-Era U.S. Attorney Scandal With a Whimper, Not a Prosecution
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThe Justice Department's two-year investigation of Bush administration officials involved in the U.S. attorney scandal of 2006-2007 ended curiously last week amid the shouting over Shirleygate, and only the stoutest of major media outlets much noticed or marked the ignoble occasion. Surely, you remember the U.S. attorney scandal. It occurred when officials at George W. Bush's White House and Alberto Gonzales' Justice Department fired (unusually, in midterm) eight successful, Republican-appointed U.S. attorneys. The circumstances gave rise to suspicions, and later circumstantial evidence, that ...
Elena Kagan's Fashion Sense: Robin Givhan and the Nominee's Legs
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyNow it's come to this: the way Elena Kagan sits. In a lengthy examination of the Supreme Court nominee's seating posture – "hunched with her legs ajar" – the Washington Post fashion writer gives us a tour of Kagan's hip-length jackets, underpinnings, hosiery, shoes and jewelry, the way she "walks with authority and stands up straight," and the way she defies convention with that business with the legs. "In photographs of Kagan sitting and chatting in various Capitol Hill offices, she doesn't appear to ever cross her legs,'' the writer says. "Her posture stands out because for so ...
Judge Rules WH Aides Must Testify
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyA federal district court judge ruled today in the case of White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, saying that the two must appear in response to Congressional subpoenas. Judge John Bates rejected the Bush Administration's claim of Executive privilege for current and former advisers to the president. "The executive's current claim of absolute immunity from compelled Congressional process for senior presidential aides is without any support in the case law," he wrote.Democrats on the House Judiciary committee issued subpoenas to Bolten and Miers ...
House Files Suit in Contempt Case
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit in Federal court today, seeking to compel two Bush Administration officials to testify about their roles in the firing of eight United States Attorneys last year. The House voted contempt of Congress charges against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers last month, after the two refused to answer subpoenas sent them by the Judiciary Committee. The action is a first of its kind. No branch of Congress has ever sued the Executive Branch to enforce a subpoena.The Justice Department denied a request by House ...
Pelosi Will Push Contempt Beyond 2008
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyYesterday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would continue her pursuit of contempt charges passed by the House of Representatives against former White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former counsel Harriet Miers even after the Bush administration is over. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he would not prosecute the matter. Pelosi plans an appeal of Mukasey's decision. "This is about the Congress of the United States," Pelosi said, "We can't say that it was important when you had a Republican president and not important when you had a Democratic president. ... We might as well shred ...
Pelosi Demands Grand Jury for WH Aides
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi today called on the Justice Department to impanel a federal grand jury and investigate whether White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. The House voted to hold the two in contempt before the President's Day recess for failing to respond to subpoenas issued by the House Judiciary Committee. The committee was seeking Bolten and Miers' testimony in its investigation into the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys last year.Pelosi addressed a letter to Attorney General Michael ...
Republicans Walk Out Before Contempt Vote
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyAngered House Minority Leader John Boehner led a walk out of House Republicans today after protesting a vote on contempt of Congress charges against former White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers. Boehner wanted to address the renewal of the Protect America Act. "We have space on the calendar today for a politically charged fishing expedition, but no space for a bill that would protect the American people from terrorists who want to kill us," said Boehner before telling his colleagues, "Let's just get up and leave." With that Republican ...
Contempt Votes for Two White House Officials
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe House of Representatives will take up contempt of Congress charges today for one current and one former Bush Administration officials in its continuing investigation into the firing of eight United States Attorneys last year. The officials, White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, and former White House Counsel and Supreme Court Justice nominee Harriet Miers, stand accused by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) of failing to cooperate with subpoenas ordering them to appear before his committee.In a statement in advance of the votes, Conyers said that the contempt ...
Miers, Bolten Contempt Vote Delayed
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyIn July, the House Judiciary Committee approved contempt citations against White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers. Bolten and Miers failed to testify about the U.S. attorney scandal despite being subpoenaed when the Bush administration invoked executive privilege. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appeared close to allowing a full House vote on the contempt citation as recently as last week. Today, however, Politico reports that Democrats are now planning to postpone the floor vote indefinitely. Senior Democrats believe that pressing the issue now ...
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