June 28, 2007
White House Counsel Rejects Senate Subpoenas
Filed under:
- Alberto Gonzales
- White House
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Harriet Miers
- Pres. George W. Bush
- White House Counsel
- Fred Fielding
- Sara Taylor
- Dick Cheney
- Domestic Surveillance Program
- White House Subpoena
White House Counsel Fred Fielding rejected the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subpoenas served yesterday demanding information about the legal rationale and justifications behind the White House’s warrantless domestic surveillance program, or what President Bush calls the “Terrorist Surveillance Program.”
As anticipated, Fielding is claiming that Executive Privilege exempts the White House from having to comply with the subpoenas, including subpoenas previously served on former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and Political Director Sarah Taylor.
Here is the full text of Fielding’s letter and its legal rationale:
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