As we all know, Bush and his crime family believe that they are above the law and so far they have been right. But this latest gambit of ordering people who no longer work for the government to ignore subpoenas is a great big slap in the face of Congress. I Congress going to back down again or are they going to find their balls and force the issue.
Former counsel Harriet Miers and former White House political director Sara Taylor were both served with subpoenas in the case of the firing of nine federal prosecutors. Miers has been ordered to defy the subpoenas and refuse to testify about the firings. Both women could and should face contempt of Congress citations if they ignore the subpoenas. For some strange reason the White House seems to think Miers is immune under executive privilege. Harriet Miers chose to not show up for her court date. Meanwhile, Sara Taylor had answered the subpoena and after first refusing to testify she later jumped the fence into the Bush camp and told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she knew of no involvement or wrongdoing by the administration.
White House counsel Fred Fielding said "Ms. Miers has absolute immunity from compelled congressional testimony as to matters occurring while she was a senior adviser to the president,"
Committee Chairman John Conyers talked the talk by saying that he would consider pursuing criminal contempt citations against anyone who defied his committee's subpoenas.
We now must wonder if he will walk the walk.
The California Curmudgeon
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