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Panel Grants Immunity to Ex-Justice Aide
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Apr 25, 11:22 AM (ET)
By LAURIE KELLMAN
(AP) House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich, left, and Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas,...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A House committee Wednesday voted to grant immunity to Monica Goodling, a key aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales during the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. She had refused to testify under the Fifth Amendment.
The 32-6 vote by the House Judiciary Committee surpassed the 2/3 majority required to grant a witness immunity from prosecution. A separate vote to authorize a subpoena for Goodling passed by voice vote.
Democrats said the votes were necessary tools to force into the open the story of why the prosecutors were fired and whether they were singled out to influence corruption cases.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070425/D8ONN5601.html
Gonzo resigns ?
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Apr 25, 11:22 AM (ET)
By LAURIE KELLMAN
(AP) House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich, left, and Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas,...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A House committee Wednesday voted to grant immunity to Monica Goodling, a key aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales during the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. She had refused to testify under the Fifth Amendment.
The 32-6 vote by the House Judiciary Committee surpassed the 2/3 majority required to grant a witness immunity from prosecution. A separate vote to authorize a subpoena for Goodling passed by voice vote.
Democrats said the votes were necessary tools to force into the open the story of why the prosecutors were fired and whether they were singled out to influence corruption cases.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070425/D8ONN5601.html
Gonzo resigns ?