Michael Roston, Raw Story
After former White House Counsel Harriet Miers failed to attend a Thursday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on the firing of 8 US Attorneys, House Democrats issued a subpoena for e-mail accounts supplied by the Republican National Committee and used by senior White House staff.
The committee’s chairman, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) also explicitly warned Miers that she may face criminal contempt charges for failing to comply with earlier subpoenas
“The White House has been stonewalling this investigation at every turn,” said Rep. Conyers in a statement. “[W]e hope that the RNC – unlike Ms. Miers yesterday – will choose to comply with the legal obligation set out in this subpoena, as opposed to the opinion of the White House.”
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