White House blocks subpoenas over fired prosecutors
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President George W. Bush set up an anticipated court battle with the Democratic-led Congress on Thursday by refusing to comply with subpoenas in its widening probe of fired federal prosecutors.
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A former White House aide apologized on Wednesday for calling one of nine fired federal prosecutors "lazy" but refused to answer a host of questions at a congressional probe of the dismissals.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush won't allow the prosecution of his aides if they are cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the firing of eight US attorneys, the White House said.
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The subpoenas intensify pressure on the Bush administration over the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys.
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The White House could become the new target in the controversy surrounding the dismissal of federal prosecutors.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to hold two men who have been top aides to President George W. Bush in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in its probe of the firing of federal prosecutors.
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Congressional overseers have their hands full investigating the deeds and, they allege, misdeeds of the White House Office of Political Affairs. Did the office's involvement in the firing of the nine U.S. attorneys cross the line? What about its staff's use of Republican National Committee e-mail...
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Despite hours of confrontational interviews of Bernard Kerik by the White House counsel, Alberto Gonzales, the White House failed to get a full picture of the legal and ethical problems of its nominee for homeland-security secretary, a government official
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The probe into the Bush administration's firings of U.S. attorneys intensified Monday as lawmakers ordered two more ousted officials to tell their stories and the Justice Department said Republican Sen. Pete Domenici had complained repeatedly to the attorney general about one of the prosecutors.
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Two former White House officials were subpoenaed on Wednesday as part of the congressional probe of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' firing last year of federal prosecutors.
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Several high-ranking White House officials were closely involved in crafting a public response to the uproar over the firing of a group of U.S. attorneys, according to  documents released late yesterday.
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Subpoenas are being issued to two former White House officials, the first to be subpoenaed in the fired U.S. attorneys investigation. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee today issued a subpoena to Sara Taylor, former White House political director. About the same time, it was announced that the House Judiciary Committee will issue a subpoena in the same case to former White House counsel Harriet Miers.
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President Bush invoked executive privilege today to deny requests for testimony about the firings of prosecutors.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted  on Thursday to hold two men who have been top aides to  President George W. Bush in contempt for refusing to comply  with subpoenas in its probe of the firing of federal  prosecutors.
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The decision by two congressional panels to issue subpoenas to the White House yesterday escalates a constitutional showdown over the Justice Department's firing of nine U.S. attorneys that could end up being decided by the federal courts.
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President Bush's former political director says she intends to follow his directive and not answer questions about her role in the administration's firing of federal prosecutors &#151; unless a court directs her to defy her former boss.
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President Bush invoked executive privilege Monday to deny requests by Congress for testimony from two former aides about the firings of federal prosecutors