{"id":2367,"date":"2007-06-28T19:04:47","date_gmt":"2007-06-29T01:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:39:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:39:30","slug":"legal-memo-confirms-white-house-led-effort-to-target-and-remove-us-attorneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/legal-memo-confirms-white-house-led-effort-to-target-and-remove-us-attorneys\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Memo Confirms White House Led Effort To Target And Remove U.S. Attorneys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/clement1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"clement1jpg.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><br \/>\ntherawstory<\/p>\n<p>Today, White House counsel Fred Fielding released a letter informing Congress that President Bush will assert executive privilege over White House documents relating to the firing of U.S. attorneys. Fielding attached a legal memorandum written by Solicitor General Paul Clement, laying out the legal basis for the executive privilege claim.<\/p>\n<p>Clement reviewed the documents that the Congress subpoenaed. In his letter, Clement reveals what investigators have suspected from the very beginning &#8212; that the White House was intimately involved in the attorney scandal. Upon examination of the White House documents, Clement writes:<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, these communications discuss the wisdom of such a proposal, specific U.S. Attorneys who could be removed, potential replacement candidates, and possible responses to congressional and media inquiries about the dismissals.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>therawstory Today, White House counsel Fred Fielding released a letter informing Congress that President Bush will assert executive privilege over White House documents relating to the firing of U.S. attorneys. Fielding attached a legal memorandum written by Solicitor General Paul Clement, laying out the legal basis for the executive privilege claim. 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