- WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President
Bush rejected a subpoena from Congress for Justice Department documents
sought in a Clinton era campaign fund-raising probe, asserting presidential
executive privilege to keep prosecutors' records secret.
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- "Because I believe that congressional access to
these documents would be contrary to the national interest, I have decided
to assert executive privilege with respect to the documents and to instruct
you not to release them or otherwise make them available to the
committee,"
Bush said in a memo to Attorney General John Ashcroft, released on
Thursday.
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- He said disclosing prosecutors' decision-making documents
would threaten to "politicize the criminal justice
process."
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- Bush acted in response to a congressional subpoena in
a long-standing probe of Democratic fund-raising practices related to the
1996 presidential election. The subpoena requested a memo from the chief
of the Justice Department's campaign finance task force to former Attorney
General Janet Reno, and other documents.
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- Comment
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- From Rene'
- Quebec, Canada
- 12-13-1
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- Yup, you guys DEFINITELY have a dictator at the helm
now.
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- Do NOT be surprised if your right to vote is removed,
too and that you have him as head honcho until hell freezes over!
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