Negotiations Under Way in White House Subpoena Case

[maddezmom]

Negotiations Under Way in White House Subpoena Case
Monday August 25, 3:02 am ET
Joe Palazzolo, Legal Times


The parties in the landmark subpoena fight between the House of Representatives and the White House are trying to make nice outside the courtroom, according to a status report filed Friday.

Last month, Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that President George W. Bush's top aides are not immune from congressional subpoenas. Bates said that Bush's former legal counsel, Harriet Miers, must appear before Congress to give testimony related to the U.S. Attorney firings. If she wants to assert executive privilege, she must do so in person, Bates ruled.

The Bush administration has asked Bates to stay his decision pending an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The House has demanded that the White House comply with the ruling immediately.

Friday, Justice Department lawyers told Bates that "the parties have recommenced discussions to determine whether a negotiated resolution may obviate the need for continued litigation." The parties have met twice since Bates' July 31 ruling, the report says.

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[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. the aides must tetify and tell us what they know

Miers is hiding something or else she wouldn't want executive priv.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Fuck negotiations, break out the handcuffs.

This is merely a case of Justice and the American Way versus the fucking criminal bush administration. To quote a great conservative mouthpiece - "IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE."

And lets not forget that great statesmen tony snow who said that bush never had any conversations with anybody about Valerie Plame, to wit one wonders then which conversations had to be covered by executive privilege?

Imagine our country if there were no liberals.

[paparush]

4. Well Put BossHog! nt

[nradisic]

3. Frogmarch....

Criminals belong in jail...