Dems Push Gonzales On Aide's Refusal To Testify

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"Who Do We Talk To At The Department Of Justice?"

Associated Press JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS April 3, 2007 07:51 PM

House Democrats on Tuesday asked a top Justice Department aide to come to Capitol Hill for a private interview in the next week on the firing of federal prosecutors, arguing that she cannot simply refuse to testify on the matter.

Monica Goodling, who has said she would assert her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid appearing at Senate hearings, must tell Congress which specific questions she's refusing to answer, Democrats said in a letter to her lawyer.

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