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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Lawyers for the former White House aide, convicted for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, couldn't deliver on their promises
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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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President Bush's move yesterday to block congressional testimony by two former aides provoked immediate condemnations from Democratic lawmakers and escalated a confrontation between the White House and Capitol Hill over the dismissals of nine U.S. attorneys.
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US President George W Bush invokes executive privilege to shield aides from testifying over the firing of federal prosecutors.
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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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The former White House counsel, Harriet E. Miers, defied a subpoena to appear at a House panel hearing on the firing of eight federal prosecutors.
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The subpoenas intensify pressure on the Bush administration over the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys.
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Two congressional committees are issuing subpoenas for testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Taylor on their roles in the firings of eight federal prosecutors, according to two officials familiar with the investigation.
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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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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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The Bush administration's vow this week to block contempt charges from Congress could prove to be a successful strategy for protecting White House documents about the multiple firings of U.S. attorneys, Democratic legal scholars and legislative aides said yesterday.
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The White House told Congress on Monday it would not comply further with demands for documents and testimony in the probe of fired prosecutors, setting up a constitutional battle with the Democratic-led Congress.
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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 attorney for a former White House aide told Congress on Saturday he expects the Bush administration to try to block the aide from testifying on last year's firings of U.S. prosecutors, as the White House and Congress appeared headed for a court battle.
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President George W. Bush faced new pressure on Thursday to explain the legal basis for his warrantless domestic spying program when a Senate panel authorized subpoenas to obtain administration documents.
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The subpoenas from Congress intensify pressure on the White House over the dismissals of U.S. attorneys.