House Judiciary Committee

White House Subpoena Battle Hits Courts

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Congress was trying to be diplomatic when it brought an unprecedented lawsuit to settle its subpoena fight against the White House,...

Feith Scared To Testify At Torture Hearing

Think Progress | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


Today, the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Rights held a hearing on abusive interrogation to look at the role of administra...

Karl Rove Subpoenaed By House Over Firing Of US Attorneys

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday subpoenaed President Bush's former chief political adviser, Karl Rove, to testify about w...

House Judiciary Committee Cites GQ In Letter To Karl Rove

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media


It's fairly obvious that GQ has been ramping up its political profile of late: a Barack Obama cover in September (its first political cover since 1992...

Ashcroft: No Conflict on Monitoring Deal

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General John Ashcroft denied any conflict of interest Tuesday in getting a multimillion-dollar contract to monitor ...

Democrats File Criminal Contempt Papers Against Bush Aides

Talking Points Memo | Paul Kiel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


As expected, things are finally moving forward in the House today to bring contempt resolutions against White House officials for ignoring Congression...

Lawmaker Demands Ashcroft Testify Over DOJ Consulting Job

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee demanded that former Attorney General John Ashcroft testify about his appointment to oversee a Justice D...

Conyers Will File Contempt Report Over White House Subpoenas

House Judiciary Committee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) offered White House Counsel Fred Fielding yet another opportunity to negotiate term...