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Congress subpoenas two former Bush aides in justice probe
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 13 - 06 - 2007


US lawmakers Wednesday ordered two former top
aides to President George W Bush to testify in an inquiry into the
firings of eight federal prosecutors, which majority Democrats allege
were politically motivated, according to dpa.
The subpoenas against Bush's former chief legal adviser Harriet
Miers and former White House director of political affairs Sara
Taylor step up a confrontation between Congress and Bush over the
administration's running of the Justice Department.
Democrats, who won control of Congress in November elections,
charge that Republican operatives at the White House, including
Bush's top political strategist Karl Rove, were involved in the
process of forcing out the eight US attorneys last year.
Bush has offered to let top White House aides answer lawmakers'
questions behind closed doors, but Democrats have pressed for public
hearings in Congress. A subpoena orders a witness to testify or face
legal penalties.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, which is seeking Taylor's
testimony, also demanded additional documents from the White House on
the prosecutor firings. Miers was subpoenaed by the House of
Representatives' Judiciary Committee.
"Some at the White House may hope to thwart our constitutional
oversight efforts by locking the doors and closing the curtains, but
we will keep asking until we get to the truth," the Senate panel's
chairman, Patrick Leahy, said in a prepared statement.
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has faced blistering
criticism for his handling of the affair, including evasive testimony
to Congress that helped provoke calls by several Republican senators
for his resignation.
Bush has steadfastly backed Gonzales, an ally from Bush's days as
Texas governor before he became president in 2000. A non-binding vote
of no confidence in Gonzales failed last week in the Senate when
Democrats failed to rally enough Republicans behind the measure.
There are more than 90 US federal prosecutors, heading regional
offices that conduct criminal investigations. But they have
traditionally been replaced at the start of a president's term, not
in the middle.


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