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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Harriet Miers

Harriet Miers stories: 26 news summaries

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Miers May Face Contempt

House panel finds former attorney to Bush was out of order in stiffing subpoena

Jul 12, 07 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a 7-5 vote, a House panel found that former White House counsel Harriet Miers was out of order when she rebuffed a subpoena calling for her to testify about her involvement in the US attorney firings last year. Miers declined to appear before the Judiciary Committee  under orders from... More »

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Democratic Congress • Attorney General • US attorneys scandal • Harriet Miers • subpoenas • executive privilege

White House Orders Miers
to Clam Up

Bush instructs ex-official to defy congressional subpoena

Jul 11, 07 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - On President Bush's orders, Harriet Miers will ignore a subpoena and will not appear tomorrow before a House committee investigating the US attorney firings. The ex-White house counsel "has absolute immunity from compelled congressional testimony," current counsel Fred Fielding wrote to her lawyer in a letter made public... More »

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US attorneys scandal • Harriet Miers • Fred Fielding • John Conyers • George W. Bush

Bush Directs Aides to Defy Subpoenas

Cites executive privilege in bid to stop Miers, Taylor testimony

Jul 10, 07 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an aggressive use of executive privilege, President Bush instructed two of his former aides yesterday to disregard congressional subpoenas demanding they testify about the attorney firings scandal. In a letter to Congress, Bush's counsel rebuffed Democratic senators for encroaching on internal White House affairs, bringing the two branches closer... More »

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Senate • US attorneys scandal • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • Harriet Miers • House of Representatives • Fred Fielding • Sara M. Taylor • Patrick Leahy • contempt • US Supreme Court • George W. Bush

White House Stonewalls
on Subpoenas

Bush invokes executive privilege
in Senate probe of US attorney firings

Jun 28, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House shot down attempts to subpoena internal documents concerning the US attorney firings today by invoking executive privilege. Though not a surprise, the refusal moved the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to accuse the administration of "Nixonian stonewalling." If the committee doesn't back down, the... More »

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Congress • US attorney • investigation • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • Harriet Miers • House of Representatives • Fred Fielding • Sara M. Taylor • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • subpoena • stonewall • scandal • George W. Bush

US Attorney Firing Probe Spreads to White House

Congress calls Miers, another ex-official

Jun 13, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The congressional investigation of the US attorney firings reached the White House today as the judiciary committee in each chamber subpoenaed a different former high-level official. Lawmakers subpoenaed documents from the White House chief of staff, the AP reports, but Karl Rove has not been served because Democrats are... More »

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US attorney • Karl Rove • White House • Harriet Miers • Sara Taylor • scandal

Ex-Justice Aide Points Fingers

Deputy AG was 'not fully candid,' Goodling tells House committee

May 23, 07 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The deputy attorney general dissembled in his Senate testimony about the US attorney firings, Monica Goodling told a House committee today. Testifying under limited immunity from prosecution, the AG's former White House liaison said Paul McNulty's account was "incomplete or inaccurate" and accused him of "downplaying" the White... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Karl Rove • Senate hearings • Monica Goodling • Paul McNulty • Harriet Miers • scandal

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