Judge Denies White House Request for Stay, Says Miers Must Testify

By Jason Leopold
The Public Record
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

A federal court judge on Tuesday denied the Justice Department’s request for a stay pending an appeal over a decision issued last month that said former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten were not immune from congressional subpoenas.

The Justice Department went back to federal court last week to urge U.S. District Court Judge John Bates to issue a stay of the order he issued last month pending the DOJ’s appeal of his ruling.

Bates, however, denied the request. His ruling means Miers will have to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to discuss to testify about the role the White House played in the decision to fire nine U.S. attorneys in late 2006. Additionally, the committee sought an inventory of documents from Bolten related to the attorney purge. Bates said the administration would have to fulfill that request.

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