Contempt of Congress . . . Again

Today the US House of Representatives cited two high-ranking Bush staff members for Contempt of Congress. White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House Counsel (and short-lived US Supreme Court nominee) Harriet Miers were cited for refusing to testify about any role they may have played in the firing of federal prosecutors under former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. This is twice in as many years for Bolten, who, along with Karl Rove, was cited by the Senate for refusing to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the same firings.
This new round of contempt citations is …read more