By Klaus Marre, The Hill The destruction of e-mails from top White House officials “could be the most serious breach of the Presidential Records Act in the 30-year history of the law,” according to an interim report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The committee is investigating the use of non-White House e-mail…
By Mike Allen, The Politico White House loyalists have begun arguing that clemency for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby — either a pardon or a commuted sentence — would be a way for an embattled President Bush to reassert himself, particularly among conservatives. The White House has not ruled out a pardon for Libby, sources say….
Raw Story “Fallout” from the ‘Attorneygate’ scandal is beginning to hit federal courtrooms, according to an article in Monday’s L.A. Times. “Defense lawyers in a growing number of cases are raising questions about the motives of government lawyers who have brought charges against their clients,” Richard B. Schmitt reports for the paper. “In court papers,…
By Emma Schwartz, Legal Times Now it’s Fred Fielding’s move. Congressional Democrats have always believed that the Justice Department’s plan to fire eight U.S. attorneys began in the White House, and last week they proved willing to take their investigation to its doorstep by subpoenaing two former Bush aides. The White House has yet to…
