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Article: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FILES BRIEF IN CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST FORMER WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL MIERS, WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF BOLTEN

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May 29, 2008
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The House Judiciary Committee issued the following news release:

Today, the Office of the United States House of Representatives general counsel, on behalf of the House Judiciary Committee, filed a 78-page brief.

Supporting its request for partial summary judgment in the civil lawsuit against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and opposing the Justice Department's motion to dismiss the case. The committee's position was also supported by four Amicus "friend of the court" briefs submitted to the court - pending court acceptance - by a bipartisan array of former United States attorneys, current and former members of Congress, and prominent ...

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