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Article: SEN. LEAHY ASKS EPA INSPECTOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE CLAIM AND WHITE HOUSE INTERFERENCE

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July 25, 2008
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., issued the following news release:

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Friday pressed the Inspector General's office at the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to investigate the President's purported claims of executive privilege over documents and testimony related to the public health threats of global warming, and possible White House interference with EPA decision-making.

On Thursday, Leahy canceled a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee after EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson declined the Committee's invitation to offer testimony at a July 30 hearing. The Senate Environment and Public ...

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