Democrats Issue First Subpoenas

Posted on Mar 1, 2007

As expected, the House Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas Thursday as part of an investigation into the Justice Department’s alleged partisan abuse of U.S. attorneys. The decision marks the first time Democrats have exercised their reclaimed subpoena power. Chairwoman Linda Sánchez called the move a “last resort.”

Brad Blog:

As The BRAD BLOG reported yesterday would happen today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Administrative Law has today voted to issue subpoenas in the matter of the forced firing of U.S. Attorneys at the Dept. of Justice after pressure from higher-ups.

According to a statement just received by The BRAD BLOG (full statement posted below), the subcommittee voted to issue subpoenas requiring former U.S. Attorneys David C. Iglesias, Carol Lam, H.E. Cummins, III, and John McKay to appear at a hearing next Tuesday.

“The former U.S. Attorneys are alleging very serious charges against the Administration and we need to hear from them,” Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) says in his statement. “We want to hear their stories and we want the Administration to address the charges head on so that we can get to the bottom of this.”

The subpoenas, issued as a “last resort” according to subcommittee Chairwoman, Linda Sanchez (D-CA), are the first to be issued by the Democrats since taking control of Congress.

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