August 01, 2007
Rove Will Not Testify In Attorney Firings Probe
UPDATED.
On the eve of Karl Rove's deadline to answer a congressional subpoena to testify in the attorney firings probe, White House counsel Fred Fielding informed the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday that, "as an immediate adviser to the president," Bush's top political adviser would not be appearing before the panel.
The executive privilege claim has also been applied to J. Scott Jennings, deputy director of political affairs for the White House, who had been asked to provide documents and testimony to the committee investigating the firing of nine U.S. attorneys.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has made a copy of Fielding's letter [PDF] and the chairman's response available on his Web site.
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