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House Panel Schedules Contempt Vote

Executive privilege battle looms in US attorney firings probe

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(Newser) – Congress is speeding toward a constitutional collision with the White House over the US attorney firings, the Washington Post reports. The House Judiciary Committee votes tomorrow on contempt citations against current chief of staff Joshua Bolten and ex-counsel Harriet Miers. President Bush has said he will challenge any attempt to prosecute them.

Both Bolten and Miers stonewalled congressional demands for information after the president invoked executive privilege. Meanwhile, Alberto Gonzales is expected to tell the committee's Senate counterpart today that he plans to ignore calls for his resignation and "fix the problems" plaguing the Justice Department. The AG has said he was not closely involved in the firings.

Former White House counsel Harriet Miers begins her courtesy calls on the Senate, in this Oct. 3, 2005, file photo, in Washington. President George W. Bush ordered Miers to defy a congressional subpoena and refuse to testify Thursday, July 11, 2007, before a House panel investigating U.S. attorney firings....
Former White House counsel Harriet Miers begins her courtesy calls on the Senate, in this Oct. 3, 2005, file photo, in Washington. President George W. Bush ordered Miers to defy a congressional subpoena...   (Associated Press)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., takes part in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday July 12, 2007, on the firing of eight U. S. attorneys. Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers refused to testify before the committee despite a subpoena. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., takes part in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday July 12, 2007, on the firing of eight U. S. attorneys. Former White House...   (Associated Press)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., talks about Paul McNulty, who served as deputy attorney general under Alberto Gonzales and who has announced his resignation, during a hearing of the House Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in washington Thursday, June 21, 2007 regarding McNulty's role in...
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., talks about Paul McNulty, who served as deputy attorney general under Alberto Gonzales and who has announced his resignation, during a hearing...   (Associated Press)
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