House Panel Paves The Way For Contempt Charges Against No-Show Miers

Associated Press   |  MATT APUZZO   |   July 12, 2007 12:05 PM

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A House panel cleared the way Thursday for contempt proceedings against former White House counsel Harriet Miers after she obeyed President Bush and skipped a hearing on the firings of federal prosecutors.

Addressing the empty chair where Miers had been subpoenaed to testify, Rep. Linda Sanchez ruled out of order Bush's executive privilege claim that his former advisers are immune from being summoned before Congress.

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