{"id":2765,"date":"2007-07-23T09:46:40","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T15:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:39:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:39:33","slug":"miers-bolten-to-be-charged-with-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/miers-bolten-to-be-charged-with-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Miers, Bolten to be Charged with Contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/miers_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/miers_2.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Michael Roston, Raw Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten, the current Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, will likely be charged with contempt by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This investigation, including the reluctant but necessary decision to move forward with contempt, has been a very deliberative process, taking care at each step to respect the Executive Branch&#8217;s legitimate prerogatives,&#8221;\u009d said Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in a statement. &#8220;I&#8217;ve allowed the White House and Ms. Miers every opportunity to cooperate with this investigation, either voluntarily or under subpoena. It is still my hope that they will reconsider this hard-line position, and cooperate with our investigation so that we can get to the bottom of this matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Roston, Raw Story Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten, the current Chief of Staff to President George W. 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