Pelosi Wants Bush Aides Investigated

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.

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Panel Votes on Contempt for Rove, Bolten

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted for a contempt citation against presidential confidants Karl Rove and Josh Bolten on Thursday, the latest move in an inquiry into possibly politically motivated firings of federal prosecutors.

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Bolten Says White House to Regain 'Mojo'

It's time for the White House to go on offense and "get our mojo back." Josh Bolten said Sunday in his first interview since taking over as the president's chief of staff.

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Karl Rove did it again. Or rather, he didn't do it again.

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The party, organized by outgoing White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and his predecessor, Andy Card, was held in a room with no heating. They couldn't get any entertainers, because they'd already been booked for better events.

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When the new Congress returns to Washington next month, one of the first items of business for Democrats on the House judiciary committee may be to subpoena Karl Rove.

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Bush's showdown with the Dems in Congress over granting telecoms immunity for spying has big implications.

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The House voted Thursday to hold White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before a panel investigating the firing of several United States attorneys.

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The House voted Thursday to hold two of President Bush's confidants in contempt for failing to cooperate with an inquiry into whether a purge of federal prosecutors was politically motivated. Angry Republicans boycotted the vote and staged a walkout.

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The report filed is for criminal contempt, versus inherent contempt. The former relies on any contempt citation being picked up by the U.S. Attorney from D.C.

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As our collective interest has shifted from the incompetence of the former attorney general to the independence of the next one, it's easy to forget that Alberto Gonzales may be in heaps of legal trouble.

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The House Judiciary Committee voted contempt of Congress citations Wednesday against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and President George W. Bush's former legal counselor, Harriet Miers.

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The House Judiciary Committee said Monday that it would move forward with contempt of Congress proceedings against President Bush's chief of staff, Joshua Bolten, and former White House counsel Harriet E.

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To keep the staff focused, Bolten handed out about a dozen countdown clocks that show the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds left in Bush's presidency.

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Guests included Hillary Clinton, Mike Wallace, Vernon Jordan, Mike Allen, Paul Bedard, Shepard Smith, Sen. Bill Frist, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Josh Bolten, Ben Nelson, Bill O'Reilly, John McCain, Terry McAuliffe, Elaine Chao, Karen Feld, Bill Hemmer, Gen.

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The most striking item buried in this Time Magazine article is Josh Bolten's plan to pick a fight with Iran to take the focus off Iraq.

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"I can hardly contain my excitement. Scottie is out! Tony might be in! Karl curtailed! Rummy still hanging around! More shakeups to come!"

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It's about time. Maybe Bolten will seriously try to find a Press Secretary who is capable of being a little more straightforward with the White House Press Corps, and by extension the American people.

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