June 28, 2007

Solicitor General’s Legal Advice To Pres. Bush: Don’t Comply With Subpoenas Over U.S. Attorney Firings

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Solicitor General Paul D. Clement advised President Bush yesterday that there was no need for him to comply with subpoenas from the House and Senate seeking documents and testimony from current and former White House staff over the U.S. Attorney firings scandal.

“It is my considered legal judgment that you may assert executive privilege over the subpoenaed documents and testimony,” he advised.

Clement’s rejection of the subpoenas match’s White House Counsel Fred Fielding’s rejection of the subpoenas today (Click here to read Fielding’s letter).

Here are the 8-pages of legal advice and reasoning from Clement to Pres. Bush:

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