White House remains defiant on Miers, Bolten testimony
By Susan Crabtree
Posted: 08/07/08 05:34 PM
Despite a court ruling last week rejecting its claim of executive privilege, the White House still rebuffs congressional subpoenas for chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former counsel Harriet Miers.
The two on Thursday requested that federal District Judge John Bates stay the ruling until the case is appealed. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), White House counsel Fred Fielding said the administration would await the outcome of its appeal before “entertaining any requests for Mr. Bolten’s compliance with the Senate Judiciary subpoena.”
Fielding also noted that any request for testimony from former White House adviser Karl Rove would produce the same response.
Leahy had sent a letter to Fielding last week asking him to advise the committee when Bolten would comply with the subpoena in light of the judge’s ruling.
Bates, in his decision, rejected the Bush administration’s claim that White House aides have blanket immunity from congressional subpoenas and ordered Miers to testify and the White House to turn over a log describing documents it withheld from Congress.
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