Conyers Urges U.S. Attorney to Present Contempt Citations to a Grand Jury
By newsdesk - Posted on March 3rd, 2008
Tagged: Congress
• Crime
• Harriet Miers
• House of Representatives
• John Conyers
• Joshua Bolten
• Judiciary Committee
• Law
• Scandal
February 28, 2008 -- (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) referring the committee's contempt citations against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeffrey Taylor:
"Now that the Speaker has referred the contempt citations against Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten to U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor, I hope the Justice Department will put the partisan manipulation of our system of justice behind it, and follow its obligation to allow this matter to be addressed by a grand jury. To do otherwise would turn on its head the notion that we are all equally accountable under the law."
Source: House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr.
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