Friday News Dump: More Executive Privilege from the White House.
Writing by Marq on Sunday, 8 of July , 2007 at 12:54 am
The White House is going to stop another person who has been order to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee from doing so. In another case of “executive privilege.” Sara Taylor uber-hack for Bush has been order to testify, but her lawyer responded to the chairman of the committee, Patrick Leahy, was told,
“Ms. Taylor expects to receive a letter from [White House Counsel Fred] Fielding on behalf of the President directing her not to comply with the Senate’s subpoena. These contrary directions undoubtedly create a monumental clash between the executive and legislative branches of government. This clash may ultimately be resolved by the judicial branch.…
[Taylor] is unquestionably loyal to and committed to the President and his agenda. …
As you can see, according to her lawyer, she is a hack if ever there was one. Furthermore, it shows that the White House wants to fight. To Leahy credit his response was…
The White House continues to try to have it both ways — to block Congress from talking with witnesses and accessing documents and other evidence while saying nothing improper occurred. I hope the White House stops this stonewalling and accepts my offer to negotiate a workable solution to the Committee’s oversight requests, as so many previous White Houses have.
ThinkProgress has more.
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