House and Senate Subpoena Former White House Aides
The Constitutional showdown begins.
The House and Senate Judiciary Committees issued subpoenas for Harriet Miers, former White House counsel, and Sara Taylor, former White House political director over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys, and other items crumb trails have led the committees to during their investigations. The subpoenas demand documents and testimony.
“By refusing to cooperate with congressional committees, the White House continues its pattern of confrontation over cooperation,” said Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate panel. “The White House cannot have it both ways–it cannot stonewall congressional investigations by refusing to provide documents and witnesses while claiming nothing improper occurred.”
Related Links:
From the office of Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Sen. Patrick Leahy’s cover letter to Sara M. Taylor;
Sen. Patrick Leahy’s cover letter to Fred Fielding;
Backgrounder on key evidence of White House involvement in project to fire and replace prosecutors
June 8, 2007 letter from Fielding (PDF) refusing to cooperate with Committees, restating offer of off-the-record, backroom interviews only
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