ABOUT TIME!

The House Dems start to push back against the criminal Bush regime.

House Dems Compare Bush To Nixon In Seeking Contempt Ruling
By John Bresnahan
Apr 10, 2008

(The Politico) Lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee compared President Bush to the late President Richard Nixon in a legal motion filed today in federal court as part of their civil contempt lawsuit against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers for failing to comply with panel subpoenas. The subpoenas were issued as part of the committee's probe into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006.

The AP has more:

House Democrats say the record reveals numerous questionable or outright false statements to Congress and the public by other members of the administration, including purported reasons for seeking the forced resignations and the scope of White House involvement.

They say that executive privilege does not cover documents whose contents are widely known, previously released or that were the subject of extensive, previously authorized testimony.

In the court filing, the House asks Bates to:

_rule that Miers must appear before the committee, be sworn and respond to questions.

_rule that each invocation of the privilege must be itemized.

_grant an injunction that Miers and Bolten produce privilege logs identifying all documents withheld under executive privilege.

The administration is scheduled to respond to the House filing on May 9.