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White House Claims Executive Privilege as Congressional Investigation into U.S. Attorney Firings Continues

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Press release: “The White House sent a letter [July 9, 2007] to Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) reiterating its assertion of executive privilege in response to congressional subpoenas, but declining to provide a complete basis for its assertion. Chairman Leahy’s comment on the letter.”

  • Attorney for former White House counsel Harriet Miers states in letter to House Judiciary Chair Rep. John Conyers that his client will “comply” with the “assertion of executive privilege” by President Bush.
  • Remarks Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The U.S. Attorney Investigation, U.S. Senate Floor, July 9, 2007: “…From the outset of this scandal the President has spoken about the firing of U.S. attorneys as if it were a matter handled and decided by the Attorney General and something Mr. Gonzales would have to explain to Congress and the American people…When we had the Attorney General testify under oath, he did not know who added U.S. attorneys to the list of those to be fired or the reasons they were added. Indeed, the bottom line of the sworn testimony from the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Attorney General’s former Chief of Staff, the White House liaison and other senior Justice Department officials was that, while the President was not involved in the decision-making that led to the unprecedented firings of several well-performing prosecutors, they were not responsible either…”
  • Q&A About Contempt of Congress – AP: “Congress and the White House appear headed for a showdown over President Bush’s decision to invoke executive privilege to deny documents to House and Senate committees and prevent former aides from testifying about the firing of U.S. attorneys.”
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