Topic: Fred Fielding
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy's (D-VT) correspondence with the White House tends to be something of a one-way affair. But he, at least, has been a faithful pen pal. Today, again, he wrote White House counsel Fred Fielding to request documents ...
Yesterday, the White House finally agreed to turn over those warrantless surveillance documents that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has been seeking for so long. Now the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman is pressing for a response to another age-old request: documents relevant to ...
House Judiciary Panel Head Tells White House to Answer Subpoenas to Presidential AidesHouse Democrats threatened Monday to hold President Bush's key confidants in contempt of Congress unless they comply with subpoenas for information on the Justice Department's purge of federal ...
Group: US Officials Leaked Secret Info on al-Qaida Video, Putting Intelligence Methods at RiskThe director of a group that monitors Islamic militant Web sites said the government leaked an Osama bin Laden video that was passed along to senior U.S. officials ...
Congressional Democrats See Mukasey Nomination As Goodwill Gesture From White HouseThe nomination of Michael Mukasey for attorney general was greeted by congressional Democrats as a goodwill gesture with the potential to thaw some standoffs with the White House over executive privilege, several ...
Democrats Give White House 10 Days to Explain Invocation of Executive PrivilegeDemocrats took the first steps Friday in what could be a long march to court in a tug-of-war between the White House and Congress over subpoenas and executive and legislative branch ...
White House Refuses to Answer Congressional Subpoenas, Democrats Say They Won't Back DownPresident Bush, moving toward a constitutional showdown with Congress, asserted executive privilege Thursday and rejected lawmakers' demands for documents that could shed light on the firings of federal prosecutors ...
Democrats Give White House 10 Days to Explain Invocation of Executive PrivilegeDemocrats took the first steps Friday in what could be a long march to court in a tug-of-war between the White House and Congress over subpoenas and executive and legislative branch ...
