{"id":2404,"date":"2007-07-02T00:24:51","date_gmt":"2007-07-02T06:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2017-05-21T02:17:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:17:04","slug":"leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/ph2007070101343.jpg\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/ph2007070101343.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"ph2007070101343.jpg\" align= \"right\"\/><\/a>Washington Post<br \/>\nBy Lyndsey Layton &#8211; Washington Post Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said yesterday that he will attempt to cite the White House for criminal contempt of Congress if it does not turn over documents related to the firing of nine federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they don&#8217;t cooperate, yes, I&#8217;d go that far,&#8221; Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) said on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221; &#8220;This is very important to the American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/07\/01\/AR2007070101192.html?nav=rss_nation\/special\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post By Lyndsey Layton &#8211; Washington Post Staff Writer The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said yesterday that he will attempt to cite the White House for criminal contempt of Congress if it does not turn over documents related to the firing of nine federal prosecutors. &#8220;If they don&#8217;t cooperate, yes, I&#8217;d go&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,7,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-evidence","category-vermont"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mikael\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/017c7f3b977bf6d39b54433e71d0d3b1\"},\"headline\":\"Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-07-02T06:24:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-21T08:17:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":91,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/ph2007070101343.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Bush Era\",\"Impeachment Evidence\",\"Vermont\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President &#8226; Impeach for Peace\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/ph2007070101343.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-07-02T06:24:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-21T08:17:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/017c7f3b977bf6d39b54433e71d0d3b1\"},\"description\":\"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/ph2007070101343.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/07\\\/ph2007070101343.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":277},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"description\":\"Citizen Impeachment Tool\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/017c7f3b977bf6d39b54433e71d0d3b1\",\"name\":\"Mikael\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mikael\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President &#8226; Impeach for Peace","description":"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/"},"author":{"name":"Mikael","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/017c7f3b977bf6d39b54433e71d0d3b1"},"headline":"Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President","datePublished":"2007-07-02T06:24:51+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-21T08:17:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/"},"wordCount":91,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/ph2007070101343.jpg","articleSection":["Bush Era","Impeachment Evidence","Vermont"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/","name":"Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President &#8226; Impeach for Peace","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/ph2007070101343.jpg","datePublished":"2007-07-02T06:24:51+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-21T08:17:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/017c7f3b977bf6d39b54433e71d0d3b1"},"description":"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/leahy-says-he-may-seek-charge-of-contempt-against-president\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/ph2007070101343.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/ph2007070101343.jpg","width":600,"height":277},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/","name":"Impeach for Peace","description":"Citizen Impeachment Tool","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/017c7f3b977bf6d39b54433e71d0d3b1","name":"Mikael","sameAs":["http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/"],"url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/author\/mikael\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}