LEAHY: Taylor Will STILL Appear For Wednesday Hearing-Before Senate Judiciary Commitee & Miers-Thurs

from Senator Leahy's committee staff is that Taylor will appear for Wednesday's hearing

Taylor will still appear, Senate Judiciary Commitee says

We just got off the phone with Tracy Schmaler, a spokesperson for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Democratic majority. Schmaler told us it is her understanding that -- despite President Bush's invocation of executive privilege in regards to the testimony of former White House staffers Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers about the ongoing U.S. Attorneys scandal -- Taylor will still appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Schmaler says she learned that from Taylor's lawyer, W. Neil Eggleston, earlier Monday afternoon. When called for confirmation by Salon, Eggleston was unavailable. He has not yet returned a message left seeking comment.

As for Miers, the question of whether she will appear as scheduled before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday is apparently still up in the air. A spokesperson for the committee told Salon that the committee had not yet heard anything definitive about whether Miers would appear, and her lawyer was unavailable for comment.

more at:
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/09/taylor/index.html


Just Found This:
Harriet Miers may finally get her hearing on the Hill

Democrats involved with the two Hill investigations into the firing of the federal prosecutors are insisting that former White House aides Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers show up as requested this week at hearings -- regardless of today's claim of executive privilege.Their arguments can be summarized like this:

-- The subpoena requires two things: 1) to show up and 2) to testify. Invoking privilege does not excuse a subpoenaed witness from appearing. The House Judiciary is telling Miers to show up no matter what, and they are proceeding as if she will. She is due before House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Taylor was summoned to appear Wednesday before the Senate committee.

http://www.americablog.com/2007/07/harriet-miers-may-finally-get-her.html

:popcorn:

If she didn't, she could just hide behind chimp and refuse to appear.

Another rat deserting the sinking ship???? Time to save her own skin and to hell with Chimperor.

will they be able to ask her questions? Let's hope so.

recommended.

If all he does is claim executive privilege prevents him from answering questions it means little. Of course it makes good theatre to have him stonewall for a couple of hours, it doesn't really offer anything concrete.

Or are we in for yet another chapter of *I Don't Recall*? I really wish one of these people would grow a set and start talking.

If the WH gang is saying she isn't going to show, and her lawyer is saying she will. . .

just sayin'

harder to knock her off after the damage is done.

(That sounded bad, but I 3on't edit it as it really says what I meant)

Screaming at the top of her lungs may be her only survival offense

then it shows she's doing the best she can. Doesn't let her off the hook but it's a "mitigating" circumstance.

Like with Monica II.

The chimp will be furious. Beat his head on the bars of his cage.

to avoid testifying.

Admiring George Bush is not a valid reason to intentionally refuse to comply with a duly issued subpoena from Congress.

The subpoena was not served on the White House. It was served on her. If she decides to try and make the exotic theory of 'Executive Privilege' her shield she has to know she will lose. Contempt of Congress could land her in jail. And saying she wants to testify but refusing to testify will not save her.

I expect her to appear and likely invoke her 5th Amendment privilege.

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