Originally published Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Pelosi seeks investigation of Bush aides
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand-jury investigation into whether President Bush's chief...
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand-jury investigation into whether President Bush's chief of staff and former counsel should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.
Pelosi, D-Calif., asked that the department pursue misdemeanor charges against former White House counsel Harriet Miers for refusing to testify to Congress about the firings of federal prosecutors in 2006 and against chief of staff Josh Bolten for failing to turn over White House documents related to the dismissals.
She gave Attorney General Michael Mukasey one week to respond and said refusal to take the matter to a grand jury will result in the House filing a civil lawsuit against the Bush administration.
The White House branded the request as "truly contemptible." The Justice Department had no comment. The top House Republican called it "a partisan political stunt" and "a complete waste of time," according to a spokesman.
The Democratic-controlled House voted two weeks ago to hold Bolten and Miers in contempt for failing to cooperate with committee investigations.
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