Aides must testify says judge
US judge rules White House aides not immune from congressional subpoenas
President George Bush’s top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled today in an unprecedented dispute between two political branches of the US government.
House Democrats called the ruling a ringing endorsement of the principle that nobody is above the law.
In his ruling, US District Judge John Bates said there is no legal basis for Bush’s argument and that his former legal counsel, Harriet Miers, must appear before Congress. If she wants to refuse to testify, he said, she must do so in person. The committee also has sought to force testimony from White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten.</em>
Let’s see how this works out.
