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…
Capitol Hill Blue Another Justice Department official involved in the controversial firings of federal prosecutors is resigning, the department said on Friday. Mike Elston, the chief of staff to outgoing Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, is the fifth Justice Department official to resign since March as the Democratic-led Congress investigates the department’s firing of nine…
RAW STORY Two former White House officials will face subpoenas for their involvement in the firing of 8 US Attorneys earlier this year, as Michael Roston reported for RAW STORY Wednesday. House Judiciary Committee investigators issued a subpoena for Harriet Miers, former White House Counsel and one-time Bush Supreme Court nominee, and the Senate issued…
