{"id":3742,"date":"2007-10-03T17:10:23","date_gmt":"2007-10-03T23:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:02","slug":"leahy-asks-ag-nominee-will-you-block-contempt-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/leahy-asks-ag-nominee-will-you-block-contempt-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Leahy asks AG nominee: Will you block contempt charges?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ap_mukasey_leahy_070918_ms.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ap_mukasey_leahy_070918_ms.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/>Nick Juliano, Raw Story<\/p>\n<p>The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee has asked President Bush&#8217;s attorney general nominee whether he would block criminal contempt proceedings against current and former administration officials.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent Tuesday to nominee Michael Mukasey, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) asks whether, as attorney general, he would go along with White House plans to block federal prosecutors from pursuing contempt charges.<\/p>\n<p>The House Judiciary Committee earlier this year <\/a>recommended contempt charges against two administration figures, and Leahy himself mulled contempt proceedings in the Senate if the administration did not provide subpoenaed documents and testimony related to the firing of nine US Attorneys last year.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Juliano, Raw Story The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee has asked President Bush&#8217;s attorney general nominee whether he would block criminal contempt proceedings against current and former administration officials. In a letter sent Tuesday to nominee Michael Mukasey, Sen. 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