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Conservative Pearce Wins
GOP Primary for Domenici Seat

Dems predict an easier win for Tom Udall

Jun 4, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Mexico Rep. Steve Pearce edged out Rep. Heather Wilson in the GOP primary for retiring Sen. Pete Domenici's seat yesterday, Politico reports. The results pleased Democrats, who predict that Pearce, who ran as an unapologetic conservative, will be a weaker opponent to Democratic Rep. Tom Udall in November than... More »

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Senate • New Mexico • US attorney firings • Pete Domenici • Tom Udall • Heather Wilson

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

Congress Prods Justice Dept.
on Secrecy

Dems accuse Mukasey, underlings of stalling on requests

Apr 8, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress is redoubling its efforts to get info from the Justice Department, the Washington Post reports. Requests for classified documents have languished for as long as 3 years, and the contretemps between Congress and Alberto Gonzales over their disclosure has improved little under the new AG, Michael Mukasey. "We... More »

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Congress • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Patrick Leahy • detainee • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey • warrantless wiretapping

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

Blogger Wins Award, Vindication

Talking Points Memo founder captures
Polk Award

Feb 25, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The blogosphere is rejoicing in the news that “local boy” Joshua Micah Marshall garnered a George Polk Award for legal reporting. Marshall's Talking Points Memo blog is the first Internet-only operation to win the award, and many bloggers see that as validation, reports the New York Times. Marshall... More »

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Department of Justice • online media • blogging • journalism • US attorney firings • blog • Joshua Micah Marshall • George Polk Award • political criticism

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

OPINION

2007's Biggest White House Whoppers

Slate runs down the Bush team's most dubious legal claims

Jan 1, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - In her second annual roundup of the Bush administration's most egregious legal arguments, Dahlia Lithwick of Slate offers her top 10 doozies:
  1. The United States does not torture
  2. State-secrets privilege used to shield almost anything.
  3. Almost anything Alberto Gonzales said.
  4. The nine US attorneys were fired for
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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Sara Taylor • executive privilege • Lewis Scooter Libby • US attorney firings • Geneva Convention • George W. Bush

Committee Votes to Hold Rove, Bolten in Contempt

Act challenging executive privilege may stall before full Senate

Dec 13, 07 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to hold Karl Rove and Josh Bolten in contempt today, the AP reports, for ignoring subpoenas on the US attorneys scandal. The White House, however, says the citations will likely die on the Senate floor. “I vote knowing that it’s highly likely to... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • Senate • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings

Bush Can't Protect Rove, Senator Says

Executive privilege doesn't hold; ex-aides ordered to testify

Nov 29, 07 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush’s attempts to protect Karl Rove from testifying about the firings of US attorneys were shot down today by the Senate Judiciary Committee, meaning Rove will likely face contempt charges unless he complies with congressional subpoenas, the Associated Press reports. Bush had cited executive privilege, which protects advisers,... More »

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Karl Rove • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey • George W. Bush

Gonzales Could Face Charges

DOJ report may recommend criminal prosecution for former AG

Oct 26, 07 7:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales might soon find himself on an unlikely side of the law if a pending DOJ report recommends criminal charges against the former AG for lying under oath. Pending prosecution may even explain Gonzales' unexpected departure, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick speculates. Now he’s hired a criminal-defense attorney and... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • prosecutor • perjury • US attorney firings • warrantless wiretapping

Mukasey Courts the Hill

Attorney general nominee meets with lawmakers to prep for hearings

Sep 18, 07 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mukasey mingled today with the Dems who will make or break his chance at becoming the next attorney general. If they're worried about him taking on the job, none showed it, Bloomberg reports. Even Senator Leahy, who wants the White House to fork over documents on its surveillance program before... More »

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Bush administration • Attorney General • Patrick Leahy • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey

Justice Dept. Will Investigate Whether Gonzales Lied

US attorney firings probe will expand

Aug 31, 07 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department will investigate whether Alberto Gonzales gave misleading testimony to Congress, including whether he lied about the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program and the US attorney firings. Inspector General Glenn Fine has alerted Congress to an expanded internal probe into the actions of the lame-luck AG, the Washington Post ... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • investigation • Monica Goodling • Attorney General • US attorney firings • Glenn Fine • warrantless wiretapping

Bush Lashes Out at Gonzales Critics

Prez says AG's 'good name was dragged through the mud'

Aug 27, 07 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Remaining loyal to his old Texas pal, President Bush fiercely defended Alberto Gonzales today despite grudgingly accepting his resignation. Bush said the AG suffered "unfair treatment" and that his "good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons." Some Republican lawmakers echoed Bush's statements while others... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • US attorneys scandal • US attorney firings • Paul Clement • George W. Bush

Alberto Gonzales Resigns

Attorney general steps down after months of criticism over politicized Justice Department

Aug 27, 07 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales has resigned, the White House told CNN today, after months of calls for his replacement—and even impeachment—from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle worried that the Justice Department was becoming overly politicized. The AG told President Bush of his intention to step down Friday, following... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • Attorney General • White House • impeachment • resignation • US attorney firings • warrantless wiretapping

Bush Aide Stonewalls Senators

Rove snubs Judiciary Committee; 29-year-old staffer pleads for sympathy

Aug 2, 07 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove didn't show up, but the White House sent a 29-year-old aide to field Senate Judiciary Committee questions about the US attorney firings today. Scott Jennings, the first administration figure to testify while still in office, followed the path laid out by ex-boss Sara Taylor in refusing to answer... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Karl Rove • Senate • White House • Sara Taylor • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • Judiciary Committee • US attorney firings • Scott Jennings • scandal

Justice Faces Blank Slate in Gonzo Probe

Few precedents for special prosecutor to investigate dept. boss

Jul 30, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Solicitor General Paul Clement has a tough decision to make: whether to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate his boss Alberto Gonzales' testimony to Congress. Four Senate Democrats have written to Clement requesting a special counsel to determine if Gonzales concealed the truth in his testimony in the US Attorney... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • investigation • perjury • US attorney firings • testimony • Paul Clement

Senate Sends Rove Subpoena

Adviser called over
role in attorney firings as Dems urge perjury charges for AG

Jul 26, 07 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed presidential strategist Karl Rove today, over his role in the 2006 US attorney firings. Chairman Patrick Leahy said he’d “exhausted every avenue seeking the voluntary cooperation" of Bush's Brain, and was left no option but to force him to appear. More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Karl Rove • Senate Judiciary Committee • Patrick Leahy • subpoena • US attorney firings • wiretap

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

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