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Date: March 2, 2007 2:10:17 PM PST
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Subject: Conyers Takes on DoJ for Purge of All US Attorneys Not
"Loyal to GOP"
BLOGGED BY Brad Friedman ON 2/28/2007 4:48PM
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4204
Democrats Indicate Subpoenas to be Issued
to DoJ Staffers in U.S. Attorney Firing Scandal
'Subpoenas will be Issued,' Says House Judiciary Aide in Advance of
Tomorrow's Vote, Next Week's Hearings
ALSO: House Judiciary Committee Will Hold Hearings Next Wednesday
on 'Election Reform and Irregularities'
Two media statements released from members of the U.S. House
Judiciary Committee indicate that subpoenas will soon be issued in
the matter of the allegedly coerced firings of U.S. Attorneys in
the Department of Justice. A vote will take place tomorrow in the
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law on whether to
issue the subpoenas to Justice Dept. officials Carol Lam, David
Iglesias, H.E. Cummins, III, and John McKay to compel them to
appear before a subcommittee hearing next week.
As well, The BRAD BLOG has learned the Judiciary Committee will
also hold hearings next week on matters related to "Election Reform
and Irregularities."
According to a Committee staffer, "subpoenas will be issued"
tomorrow in the U.S. Attorney matter. If so, it would be the first
time the Democrats have exercised their newly-gained subpoena power
since wresting control of Congress from Republicans...
RAW STORY has posted a media release, announcing tomorrow's meeting
and next week's hearing on the DoJ firings, from subcommittee
chairwoman, Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA).
Further, The BRAD BLOG has since received an official statement
from House Judiciary chairman John Conyers (posted in full below),
which further indicates the likelihood of subpoenas.
Conyers expressed outrage over allegations that former U.S.
Attorney David C. Iglesias was fired after allegedly refusing to
capitulate to political pressure from higher-ups. Iglesias has
charged that he had refused "to provide information on the status
of a federal investigation" under DoJ pressure to "speed it up to
help Republicans fare better in the November elections," according
to the Conyers release.
"This is the most egregious allegation so far that the
Administration has allowed partisan politics to corrupt the
selection and retention of U.S. Attorneys," said Conyers. "Worse,
it appears to be part of a pattern of partisan activity in this
area and should be unacceptable to anyone concerned about a fair
and efficient criminal justice system."
"The Judiciary Committee is committed to getting to the bottom of
this and bringing checks and balances back to the federal justice
system," he said.
"We need to get to the bottom of whether competency in upholding
the law is being sacrificed for political ideology," Sánchez added
in the release from Conyers's office.
As well, The BRAD BLOG has learned that hearings will be held next
Wednesday, March 7th, by the full Judiciary Committee on election
reform and irregularities in room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office
building. (It's been pointed out to us that that is not the
basement, but rather the main Judiciary Committee hearing room!)
Topics for that hearing, according to our source, will have to do
with deceptive practices as revealed during recent elections. Such
practices include the systematic dissemination of false information
such as incorrect election dates and polling locations, threatening
information about arrests of voters, intimidation at the polling
place, harassment, as well as misleading and repeated "robocalls"
as was reported across the country during the 2006 election cycle.
UPDATE 3/1/07: As reported above, the committee has today voted to
issue the subpoenas. Details, statement from Democrats...
John Conyers's full statement on the U.S. attorney hearings, and
the possibility of subpoenas, follows below...
For Immediate Release: February 28 , 2007
Judiciary Chairman Conyers and Subcommittee Chair
React to Former U.S. Attorney's Allegations
(Washington, DC) - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John
Conyers, Jr. and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez released the
following statements in response to U.S. Attorney David C.
Iglesias' allegations that he was fired because he refused to give
in to political pressure. Specifically, Iglesias charged that he
was asked to provide information on the status of a federal
investigation and pressured to speed it up to help Republicans fare
better in the November elections.
Judiciary Chairman Conyers said: "This is the most egregious
allegation so far that the Administration has allowed partisan
politics to corrupt the selection and retention of U.S. Attorneys.
Worse, it appears to be part of a pattern of of partisan activity
in this area and should be unacceptable to anyone concerned about a
fair and efficient criminal justice system. The Judiciary Committee
is committed to getting to the bottom of this and bringing checks
and balances back to the federal justice system."
Chairwoman Sánchez said: " We need to get to the bottom of whether
competency in upholding the law is being sacrificed for political
ideology," said Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
"For this reason we'll be meeting tomorrow to vote on issuing
subpoenas to the fired U.S. Attorneys so that we can discover the
true motivation behind their dismissal."
Sanchez's Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee plans to
issue subpoenas for former U.S. Attorneys Iglesias, Carol Lam, H.E.
Cummins, III, and John McKay to appear at a hearing next Tuesday,
March 6.
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