Harriet Miers had some backup.
The Los Angeles Times points out something that we didn’t stress yesterday about Miers’ refusal to appear at the House Judiciary Committee hearing today even though under subpoena. And that’s that Miers and the White House are relying on a new opinion by the Justice Department, dated July 10th, that argued that “the President and his immediate advisers are absolutely immune from testimonial compulsion by a Congressional committee.” The opinion was described in White House counsel Fred Fielding’s letter to Miers’ attorney.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=180402