Read more Josh Bolten stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5164/josh-bolten.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:28:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52491/dems-would-love-to-have-me-barbecued-rove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKarl Rove is looking forward to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee concerning his alleged role in the sacking of several federal prosecutors, Fox News reports. But beware the “show trial,” Rove said, as “some Democrats would love to have me barbecued.” Rove will also be questioned about the prosecution...http://www.newser.com/story/52491/dems-would-love-to-have-me-barbecued-rove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 11:03:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46823/cheney-wasnt-puppetmaster-say-bush-aides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPopular beliefs about the Bush presidency are way off the mark, a pair of top advisers who served throughout the administration tell the Washington Post . The idea that Vice President Dick Cheney wielded unprecedented power and pulled the strings on Bush's foreign policy is "just hooey," said Chief of Staff...http://www.newser.com/story/46823/cheney-wasnt-puppetmaster-say-bush-aides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Jan 2009 5:32:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33859/bush-aides-must-testify-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTurning aside White House arguments that top aides are protected from subpoenas by executive privilege, a judge ruled today that Harriet Miers must testify before a congressional committee on the firings of nine federal prosecutors, the Washington Post reports. Miers and fellow aide Joshua Bolten can, however, invoke executive privilege...http://www.newser.com/story/33859/bush-aides-must-testify-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 31 Jul 2008 12:36:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26721/showdown-looms-over-cheney-staffer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhether a key Dick Cheney aide can be forced to testify is at the heart of a pending blow-up between Congress and the White House over a probe into interrogation techniques, Reuters reports. The House Judiciary Committee plans to subpoena Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington—but the vice president...http://www.newser.com/story/26721/showdown-looms-over-cheney-staffer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 May 2008 10:13:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25551/executive-privilege-goes-to-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe civil suit brought by Congress as it investigates the 2005-06 firings of US attorneys is becoming a groundbreaking constitutional tussle that could decide the true scope of executive privilege. The precedent that could be set in the ruling from a US district court is now more significant than the...http://www.newser.com/story/25551/executive-privilege-goes-to-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Apr 2008 21:48:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21229/house-sues-bush-aides-over-subpoenas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLawmakers sued two top Bush aides today to make them testify about the sacking of federal prosecutors in 2006. The House Judiciary Committee suit seeks to enforce subpoenas against White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers, who have refused to testify or supply subpoenaed...http://www.newser.com/story/21229/house-sues-bush-aides-over-subpoenas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Mar 2008 18:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20433/mukasey-nixes-bush-aides-contempt-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA showdown over executive privilege got more likely yesterday when Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he wouldn't pursue contempt charges against two Bush aides, Reuters reports. Mukasey rejected the request from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to refer the case to a grand jury, arguing that they had committed no crime...http://www.newser.com/story/20433/mukasey-nixes-bush-aides-contempt-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Mar 2008 5:12:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19225/bush-chides-house-dems-for-law-expiration.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith a law that expands the government's power to eavesdrop due to expire at midnight, President Bush scolded Congress today for sitting idly by and allowing it to happen. Bush said Congress' failure to act could cause the US to “lose a vital lead that could prevent an attack,” the...http://www.newser.com/story/19225/bush-chides-house-dems-for-law-expiration.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 Feb 2008 14:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19084/house-holds-2-bush-aides-in-contempt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House voted today to hold two Bush insiders guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate in last year's US attorneys scandal, the AP reports. Angry Republicans boycotted the vote and walked out in protest. Democrats censured chief of staff Josh Bolten and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers...http://www.newser.com/story/19084/house-holds-2-bush-aides-in-contempt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Feb 2008 17:18:50 CST