http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/miers/ en-us Thu, 5 Mar 2009 05:57:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199609/posts WASHINGTON — Karl Rove and Harriet E. Miers, top former aides to President George W. Bush, will testify under oath to a House committee investigating the firings of nine United States attorneys in 2007, under an agreement announced Wednesday by the panel. The agreement settled a rancorous dispute that began in mid-2007 when the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Mr. Rove and Ms. Miers, who, according to e-mail messages released by the Justice Department, played a role in the firings. NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199609/posts#comment Thu, 5 Mar 2009 05:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199459/posts Former top Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers agreed Wednesday to testify before Congress under oath about the firings of U.S. attorneys, a controversy involving allegations of political interference that grew into a constitutional standoff between two branches of government. The Bush White House had fought attempts to force Rove and Miers to testify, and the agreement — steered by aides to President Barack Obama — ended that dispute. Both the White House and lawmakers, especially now that Democrat Obama has replaced Republican George W. Bush — were leery of having a judge settle the question about the limits... AP via ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199459/posts#comment Thu, 5 Mar 2009 00:57:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054324/posts Top aides to U.S. President George Bush can be subpoenaed to testify before a congressional committee, a federal court in Washington ruled Thursday. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected White House arguments that former presidential counsel Harriet Miers and current Chief of Staff Josh Bolten have absolute immunity from testifying before Congress. The House Judiciary Committee filed suit after the two, citing executive privilege, refused to testify in the committee's investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. Regarding Miers's claim of absolute immunity, the court wrote, "The (executive branch's) current claim of absolute... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054324/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:50:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036832/posts President Bush doesn't hesitate to kick Congress around, but Congress just can't bring itself to kick back. During oral arguments yesterday about whether a federal judge should enforce congressional subpoenas against a belligerent White House, representatives of the judicial and executive branches both noted that Congress hasn't exercised its full constitutional powers. As Del Quentin Weber writes in The Washington Post, District Court Judge John D. Bates suggested that "the House could take other actions to compel the testimony. For example, the judge said, the House could order [White House Counsel Harriet] Miers's arrest and detention in a cell in... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036832/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983681/posts The House Judiciary Committee Monday went to court to enforce its contempt citations against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers, arguing that the Bush administration has no right to block them from testifying about the firing of U.S. attorneys. Lawyers for the committee said they hope to have the matter resolved by the fall, but there’s no guarantee that will happen, and the court’s decision can be appealed. If it is not resolved before President Bush leaves office, the issue will likely be politically moot. But lawyers for the panel stressed that... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983681/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:08:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983330/posts The House Judiciary Committee filed suit Monday to force former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten to provide information about the firing of U.S. attorneys. The lawsuit filed in federal court says Miers is not immune from the obligation to testify and that she and Bolten must identify all documents that are being withheld from Congress. In a statement announcing the lawsuit, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers said, "We will not allow the administration to steamroll Congress." Conyers said he is confident the federal courts will agree that the Bush administration's claims... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983330/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:20:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978502/posts Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected referring the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey says they committed no crime. Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers were right in refusing to provide Congress White House documents or testify about the firings of federal prosecutors. "The department will not bring the congressional contempt citations before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute Mr. Bolten or Ms. Miers," Mukasey wrote House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The House voted two weeks ago... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978502/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:25:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977864/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has asked for a grand jury investigation into whether White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former counsel Harriet Miers should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. Pelosi is demanding that misdemeanor charges be pursued against Miers for refusing to testify to Congress about the 2006 firings of federal prosecutors, and against Bolten for failing to turn over White House documents related to the purge. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977864/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:17:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956478/posts House Democrats Target Bolten, MiersBy Dan Eggen and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, January 14, 2008; Page A03 Democratic leaders are preparing to launch the second session of the 110th Congress this week with a partisan shot, hints of conciliation and some serious procrastination. In its first couple of weeks after it returns tomorrow, the House is likely to take up contempt-of-Congress resolutions against White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet E. Miers for their refusal to appear before Congress for questioning about the 2006 removal of nine U.S. attorneys, Democratic... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956478/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:26:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941519/posts Everyone is missing this... Why is Huckabee gaining ground? Answer--Harriet Miers. The nomination of Miers confirmed a sneaking suspicion held by many Christians and social conservatives that many Republican politicians aren't really concerned about pro-life issues or about opposing the homosexual "rights" lobby. This wing of the party suspects that many GOP candidates only pay lip-service to these concerns to get social-conservative votes. The fear is this: when push comes to shove, politicians will distance themselves from these views and throw those who voted for them under the bus. In this regard, the Harriet Miers fiasco was a HUGE blunder.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941519/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:53:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871423/posts The House Judiciary Committee, in a straight party-line vote, approved a contempt resolution against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, setting up a constitutional battle between the Bush administration and Congress over executive privilege. After several hours of skirmishing over whether to send a contempt resolution to the House floor, the committee voted by a 22-17 margin to approve the measure. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democratic leaders will now have to decide if and when to hold a vote by the full House on the resolution. A vote could take... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871423/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:26:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871382/posts WASHINGTON - House Democrats proposed a contempt citation Wednesday against two White House aides who have refused to comply with subpoenas on the firings of federal prosecutors.Democrats argued that Congress has nothing to lose by forcing a constitutional showdown with the Bush administration over the protracted controversy that has engulfed the Justice Department and jeopardized Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' job. "If we countenance a process where our subpoenas can be readily ignored, where a witness under a duly authorized subpoena doesn't even have to bother to show up, where privilege can be asserted on the thinnest basis and in the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871382/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:55:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864918/posts WASHINGTON — A House panel cleared the way Thursday for contempt proceedings against former White House counsel Harriet Miers after she obeyed President Bush and skipped a hearing on the firings of federal prosecutors. Addressing the empty chair where Miers had been subpoenaed to testify, Rep. Linda Sanchez ruled out of order Bush's executive privilege claim that his former advisers are immune from being summoned before Congress. The House Judiciary subcommittee that Sanchez chairs voted 7-5 to sustain her ruling. The next step would be for the full Judiciary Committee to issue a finding that Miers, Bush's longtime friend and... FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864918/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:32:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864453/posts President Bush ordered his former White House counsel, Harriet Miers, to defy a congressional subpoena and refuse to testify Thursday before a House panel investigating U.S. attorney firings. "Ms. Miers has absolute immunity from compelled congressional testimony as to matters occurring while she was a senior adviser to the president," White House Counsel Fred Fielding wrote in a letter to Miers' lawyer, George T. Manning. Manning, in turn, notified committee chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., that Miers would not show up Thursday to answer questions about the White House role in the firings of eight federal prosecutors over the winter. Conyers,... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864453/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807587/posts Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, ignored White House Counsel Harriet Miers and senior lawyers in the Justice Department when he told the committee last month of specific reasons why the administration fired seven U.S. attorneys -- and appeared to acknowledge for the first time that politics was behind one dismissal. McNulty's testimony directly conflicted with the approach Miers advised, according to an unreleased internal White House e-mail described to ABC News. According to that e-mail, sources said, Miers said the administration should take the firm position that it would not comment on personnel issues. Until McNulty's testimony, administration officials had... ABCNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807587/posts#comment Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803880/posts MSNBC reporting the above. Senate Schumer responds, and says "he isn't happy" with the proposal. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803880/posts#comment Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:01:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776072/posts Conservatives and liberals alike battered White House counsel Harriet Miers during her 24-day rise and fall as a Supreme Court nominee. Critics questioned her experience, her judicial beliefs and her grasp of constitutional law. Now, preparing to leave the White House more than a year after the ordeal, Miers says she doesn't regret the experience. After being nominated, she heard from childhood friends. Strangers came up to her to say they were happy for her. ''Through the course of the nomination there were some ugly -- I thought unjustified -- comments,'' Miers said in an interview in her West Wing... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776072/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:53:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762370/posts Breaking per Drudge. (Also just mentioned on Rush.) Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762370/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:10:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1628865/posts White House Counsel Harriet Miers, the Supreme Court nominee who withdrew after a conservative revolt last fall, has allegedly vetoed several recommendations offered by conservatives to fill vacancies on federal courts. The White House would not directly respond to the charge, which was made this morning during a conference call with more than 40 conservative leaders. Two people on the call—whose identities I promised to keep confidential—said they had inside knowledge of the recommended nominees whom Miers nixed. HumanEventsonline {Blog} http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1628865/posts#comment Mon, 8 May 2006 23:42:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619252/posts by Mark Finkelstein April 21, 2006 Advice to any Republican loyalists planning to watch a replay of this evening's Hardball: hide the sharp objects, put the firearms under lock and key, flush any potentially poisonous potions. With beautiful-but-deadly Norah O'Donnell sitting in for Chris Matthews, this might have been the most unrelenting gloom-a-thon since Watergate. Riffing off the latest polls showing W at 33%, it was one guest after another - from Bob Shrum to Kate O'Beirne to a panel of "hotshots" - painting a decidedly unrosy scenario. And just when things couldn't get any more dread, a former Clinton... Hardball/NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619252/posts#comment Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:36:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618731/posts Joshua B. Bolten, the new White House chief of staff, has raised the possibility of moving Harriet E. Miers from her job as President Bush's counsel as part of a continuing shake-up of the West Wing, an influential Republican with close ties to Mr. Bolten said Thursday. The Republican, who was granted anonymity to talk openly about sensitive internal White House deliberations, said that Mr. Bolten had floated the idea among confidants, but that it was unclear whether he would follow through or if the move would be acceptable to Mr. Bush, who has a longtime personal bond with Ms.... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618731/posts#comment Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:08:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570037/posts img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060201/capt.whre11002012258.bush_whre110.jpg?x=380&y=285&sig=dxBEdHSZIqthBdNv.Rf0Mg--"> img src="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060201/t/r2716528245.jpg"> Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570037/posts#comment Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:21:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1566934/posts WITH SAMUEL ALITO ABOUT to be confirmed, it's time to take stock of this particular episode in the making of a justice, the nation's 110th. Bear in mind that Alito was not President Bush's first choice to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor. The estimable John Roberts was, but when Chief Justice William Rehnquist died, Bush decided to redesignate Roberts for the center seat. That meant finding another nominee for O'Connor's seat.As it happened, Bush surprised the world by naming White House Counsel Harriet Miers. The Miers nomination proved a major blunder. Bush had opted for a person he knew well who... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1566934/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:24:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529189/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A small, twin-engine plane carrying White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card made an emergency landing in Nashville Saturday after smoke began pouring into the cockpit, officials said. Card and 12 others on board were not injured when the Gulfstream 4 plane bound for Washington landed at the Nashville International Airport around 4 p.m., said Lynne Lowrance, an airport spokeswoman. "They thought they could be having some trouble with the Avionics instruments but they weren't sure what was causing the smoke," Lowrance said. The plane left Texas, where Card has been meeting with President Bush... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529189/posts#comment Sun, 27 Nov 2005 08:10:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519910/posts WASHINGTON -- At a time when he is under criminal investigation in the CIA leak case, Karl Rove stepped into the limelight Thursday night, praising failed Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers to an influential group of conservative lawyers. "If you like every one of the 200 judges that we have sent forth to the U.S. Congress to be approved in the last three years, there hasn't been one of them who hasn't been researched, vetted, studied, analyzed or recommended by my friend Harriet Miers," the deputy White House chief of staff said in remarks to the Federalist Society. Rove did... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519910/posts#comment Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:17:45 GMT