House Demands Answers From White House On Purged Prosecutor Probe

[kpete]

House Purged Prosecutor Probe Moves to White House
By Paul Kiel - March 9, 2007, 3:20 PM
...And on to the White House.

The House Judiciary Committee requested a host of documents from the White House today related to the administration's firing of a group of U.S. attorneys. The committee is also seeking to interview at least one current official in the White House's counsel's office, William Kelley, Deputy Counsel to the President, and former White House counsel Harriet Miers. (Former USA for Seattle John McKay has told reporters that, in a meeting with Kelley and Miers, he was asked about accusations that he had "mishandled" an investigation of Democratic voter fraud in the 2004 Washington gubernatorial election.)

The committee sought the documents in a letter to White House counsel Fred Fielding signed by Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sanchez (D-CA). By next Friday, March 16th, the committee wants all records of communications within the White House regarding the firings, all records of communications with members of Congress concerning the fired attorneys, the names of any members of Congress who were advance notice of the firings, and the names of anyone in the White House who was involved in the firings.

Update: You can see the letter to Miers here http://judiciary.house.gov/Media/PDFS/miers030907.pdf(pdf) and the one to Fielding here (pdf).http://judiciary.house.gov/Media/PDFS/fieldingletter030907.pdf

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[rodeodance]

1. YOh ho Conyers. a big REC

[MADem]

2. Jesus, ya gotta wonder if Fred Fielding is sorry he took that job.

The older people here will perhaps remember that he worked under JOHN DEAN during the Nixon years. Some people actually thought he was DEEP THROAT. He wasn't that time, but he'd do well to take on that sort role this time. Hell, anything to save your dignity and sense of self as a responsible and humane human being.

He's gotta be thinking "I am WAY too old for this shit." If he isn't, he should.

[spanone]

3. K & R