Showing posts with label constitutional crisis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label constitutional crisis. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Contempt and civil suits


Paul Kiel at TPM reports:
House Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers (D-MI) introduced two resolutions this afternoon related to the subpoenas. The first is a criminal contempt resolution against White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers -- both were subpoenaed and did not respond, citing the White House's invocation of executive privilege. But Conyers also filed a resolution that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) file a civil suit against the White House.

Things could get interesting.
--the BB