And we’re on to the next step of the Congress v. White House subpoena battle.
First, the House found Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Josh Bolten in contempt for refusing to respond to House Judiciary Committee subpoenas from the U.S. attorney firings investigation. Then, the Justice Department, as Attorney General Mukasey had warned it would, refused to convene a grand jury and rebuffed the criminal referral. And now we’re on to step three: a lawsuit against the administration to enforce the subpoenas.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=178042