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Leahy Issues Subpoena for Rove Emails
By Klaus Marre
The Hill
Wednesday 02 May 2007
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued a
subpoena Wednesday for all e-mails from White House adviser Karl Rove that
relate to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.
"Attached please find a subpoena compelling the Department by May 15
to
produce any and all emails and attachments to emails to, from, or copied
to Karl Rove related to the Committee's investigation into the
preservation of prosecutorial independence and the Department of Justice's
politicization of the hiring and firing and decision-making of United
States Attorneys, from any (1) White House account, (2) Republican
National Committee account, or (3) other account, in the possession,
custody or control of the Department of Justice," Leahy said in a letter
to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
The senator had requested the information from Gonzales when the attorney
general testified before the committee and in a follow-up letter. However,
Leahy said that Gonzales did not respond.
"I continue to hope that the Department will cooperate with the
Committee's investigation, but it is troubling that significant documents
highly relevant to the Committee's inquiry have not been produced,"
Leahy
said in the letter.
"Indeed, despite multiple requests for the Department to produce documents
voluntarily related to the Committee's investigation into the mass firings
of U.S. Attorneys and politicization at the Department, the Department's
production of documents has been selective and incomplete," Leahy added.
"Many documents have been withheld or redacted without any legal basis
being set forth."
Leahy said the Department of Justice has until May 15 to comply with the
subpoena.
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