By Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t
Harriet Miers, former White House counsel, said on Tuesday she would not comply with Congressional orders. Congress has issued subpoenas for Miers’s testimony and any documents in her possession related to the US attorney purge. Her refusal could lead to criminal proceedings or to detention by Congressional security forces.
Congress issued a subpoena for Miers after negotiations with the White House broke down. The subpoena ordered Miers to attend a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on July 12, which had been scheduled specifically to take her testimony. Miers did not attend the hearing, claiming the President’s assertion on executive privilege shielded her from having to testify. With Miers absent, the subcommittee voted to overrule her claim of privilege, the first step on the way to holding Miers in contempt.
In a letter to House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), Miers’s lawyer said President Bush had “specifically directed [Miers] not to appear, not to produce documents … and not to provide testimony.” The letter stated the Judiciary Committee’s “dispute is not with Ms. Miers, but with the executive branch.”
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Put the bitch in jail !!