White House Chief Of Staff, Former Counsel To Face Criminal Contempt Vote Wednesday

White House Chief Of Staff, Former Counsel To Face Criminal Contempt Vote Wednesday

House Democrats on Monday targeted two of President Bush's longtime aides for criminal contempt citations, escalating a legal fight over executive privilege and access to White House deliberations on the firings of federal prosecutors.

Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said his panel would vote Wednesday on citing White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former Counsel Harriet Miers for contempt of Congress.

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