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Harriet Miers stories: 26 news summaries

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(Newser) - The House Judiciary Committee released documents today that Democrats say put Karl Rove and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers at the center of the US attorney firing scandal, Politico reports. “Karl Rove and his cohorts at the Bush White House were the driving force behind several of these firings,... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • David C. Iglesias • John Conyers • US attorney firings • Lamar Smith

(Newser) - Karl Rove was intimately involved in the firing of at least three of the US Attorneys sacked for purportedly political reasons during the Bush administration, emails obtained by the Washington Post show. One note mentions a senator who “asked that we remove the US Atty” and “couldn’t... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • email • Congressional hearings • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings

Rove Tight-Lipped After Grilling Over Attorney Firings

Bush aide cooperated with prosecutor: lawyer

May 15, 09 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove stayed mum as he left an interview with a special prosecutor today about the firing of US attorneys during the Bush administration, the AP reports. Nora Dannehy questioned the former White House aide at his lawyer’s office; she left after about 4 hours. Rove’s attorney said... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings • prosecutors • Nora R. Dannehy

(Newser) - Karl Rove is on the hot seat tomorrow. The former Bush adviser will be interviewed by federal prosecutors as part of a criminal investigation into the firings of US attorneys in 2006, the Washington Post reports. Rove will meet with Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who has been charged... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings • prosecutors • federal prosecution • Nora R. Dannehy

Dems 'Would Love to Have Me Barbecued': Rove

Former Bush aide will testify on attorney firings, governor's prosecution

Mar 5, 09 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Karl Rove is looking forward to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee concerning his alleged role in the sacking of several federal prosecutors, Fox News reports. But beware the “show trial,” Rove said, as “some Democrats would love to have me barbecued.” Rove will also be... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • Don Siegelman • Josh Bolten • John Conyers • US attorney firings

(Newser) - Karl Rove and Harriet Miers have agreed to testify before Congress about the controversial firing of US attorneys, CBS reports. The former Bush aides' testimony will not be public, though that could happen in the future, notes the Public Record. Congress is investigating whether the Bush administration fired the attorneys... More »

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Congress • Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings • George W. Bush

Mukasey Taps Prosecutor for Attorney Firings Case

Conn. official Dannehy could force likes of Rove to testify

Sep 29, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey appointed a special prosecutor today to look into the attorney firing scandal today, Reuters reports, after an internal investigation came up empty-handed. Many top witnesses, such as Karl Rove, didn’t cooperate, but could now be subpoenaed by Connecticut prosecutor Nora Dannehy. More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Karl Rove • US attorneys scandal • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey

 No Charges in US Attorney Firings: Report

Gonzales won't face grand jury from internal Justice investigation

Sep 29, 08 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Justice Department probe of the firings of a group of US attorneys is ending without recommending charges against former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales or anyone else, the New York Times reports. The investigators' report, to be released today, is nonetheless said to be scathing on the politically motivated firings,... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Karl Rove • Harriet Miers • Michael Mukasey

OPINION

Why Sarah Palin Didn't Get the Harriet Miers Treatment

Absurd, since she's more inexperienced that Bush's ill-fated Supreme Court nominee

Sep 1, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - E.J. Dionne can't resist comparing John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate to President Bush's attempt to put Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court. “Palin is, if anything, less qualified for the vice presidency (and the presidency) than Miers was for the court,”... More »

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John McCain • Republican • Harriet Miers • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • conservatives

 Bush Aides Must Testify: Judge

Judge rejects administration's interpretation of executive privilege

Jul 31, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turning aside White House arguments that top aides are protected from subpoenas by executive privilege, a judge ruled today that Harriet Miers must testify before a congressional committee on the firings of nine federal prosecutors, the Washington Post reports. Miers and fellow aide Joshua Bolten can, however, invoke executive privilege... More »

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Congress • prosecutor • Harriet Miers • executive privilege • subpoena • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings

Executive Privilege
Goes to Court

Ruling in lawmakers' challenge could
cement power grab

Apr 25, 08 9:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The civil suit brought by Congress as it investigates the 2005-06 firings of US attorneys is becoming a groundbreaking constitutional tussle that could decide the true scope of executive privilege. The precedent that could be set in the ruling from a US district court is now more significant than the... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Harriet Miers • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings • contempt of congress • Michael Mukasey

House Sues Bush Aides Over Subpoenas

Lawsuit calls on
Miers, Bolton to talk about fired prosecutors

Mar 10, 08 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lawmakers sued two top Bush aides today to make them testify about the sacking of federal prosecutors in 2006. The House Judiciary Committee suit seeks to enforce subpoenas against White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers, who have refused to testify or supply subpoenaed... More »

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Bush administration • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • House of Representatives • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey • Executive Branch

Mukasey Nixes Bush Aides Contempt Case

AG rejects House request, saying no crime was committed

Mar 1, 08 5:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A  showdown over executive privilege got more likely yesterday when Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he wouldn't pursue contempt charges against two Bush aides, Reuters reports. Mukasey rejected the request from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to refer the case to a grand jury, arguing that they had committed no crime... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Democrats • Harriet Miers • House of Representatives • executive privilege • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey • George W. Bush

Bush Chides House Dems for Law Expiration

Eavesdropping measure expires
at midnight

Feb 16, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - With a law that expands the government's power to eavesdrop due to expire at midnight, President Bush scolded Congress today for sitting idly by and allowing it to happen. Bush said Congress' failure to act could cause the US to “lose a vital lead that could prevent an attack,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Harriet Miers • Josh Bolten • Protect America Act • Sheldon Whitehouse • House Democrats • electronic surveillance laws • terrorist attack • George W. Bush

House Holds
2 Bush Aides
in Contempt

Dems vote against Bolten, Miers, while GOP walks out

Feb 14, 08 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - The House voted today to hold two Bush insiders guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate in last year's US attorneys scandal, the AP reports. Angry  Republicans boycotted the vote and walked out in protest. Democrats censured chief of staff Josh Bolten and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Harriet Miers • House of Representatives • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings • contempt of congress • George W. Bush

Bush Lawyers Talked to CIA About Tapes

Gonzales, Miers met intelligence officials before their destruction

Dec 19, 07 8:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales and at least three other White House lawyers were involved in discussions with the CIA before the agency destroyed interrogation videotapes in 2005, the New York Times reports. Gonzales, Harriet Miers, David Addington, and John Bellinger all met with CIA officials, the Times says, based on interviews with... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Harriet Miers • David Addington • CIA videotapes • John Bellinger

Dems Threaten White House With Contempt

Last warning on mum aides in probe of
fired attorneys

Nov 6, 07 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats have threatened a vote holding White House aides in contempt of Congress if they don't cooperate with an investigation into last year's firing of federal attorneys, the AP reports. A citation, approved this summer by a House judiciary committee, was filed yesterday. If approved by the entire House, a... More »

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Congress • White House • Harriet Miers • subpoenas • executive privilege • Josh Bolten • contempt of congress

House Committee Charges
Bush Aides With Contempt

Judiciary Committee votes along party lines to issue contempt citations to Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten

Jul 25, 07 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House Judiciary Committee voted to issue contempt citations to two of President Bush's top aides for defying subpoenas related to the US attorney firings scandal, edging Congress closer to a Constitutional showdown with the White House over its claims of executive privilege. The committee voted along party lines 22-17... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • US attorney • Democrats • Republican • Harriet Miers • executive privilege • contempt • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings • District of Columbia • contempt of congress • constitutional showdown • Constitution • George W. Bush

House Panel Schedules Contempt Vote

Executive privilege battle looms in US attorney firings probe

Jul 24, 07 9:35 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • Josh Bolten • John Conyers • US attorney firings

Bush Chief of Staff May Face Contempt Charge

House panel rejects privilege claim

Jul 20, 07 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten may face contempt charges over the administration's refusal  to turn over subpoenened documents. A House panel yesterday voted 7-3 to reject the White House contention that the documents—sought in the probe of the dismissals of US attorneys—are covered by executive privilege,... More »

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US attorney • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • executive privilege • Josh Bolten • Linda Sanchez

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