House Subpoenas Gonzales Documents: "We Have Been Patient"

AP LAURIE KELLMAN April 10, 2007 01:14 PM

The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed new documents Tuesday from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as part of its investigation into the firings of federal prosecutors, with the panel chairman saying he had run out of patience.

"We have been patient in allowing the department to work through its concerns regarding the sensitive nature of some of these materials," Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich., wrote Gonzales in a letter accompanying the subpoena. "Unfortunately, the department has not indicated any meaningful willingness to find a way to meet our legitimate needs.,"

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Senators To Gonzales: Hand Over The Rest Of The Documents

NY Times DAVID JOHNSTON April 10, 2007 10:37 AM

Four senators said Monday that they suspected that the Justice Department had failed to turn over all relevant documents related to the dismissals of eight United States attorneys.

The department has released more than 3,000 pages of e-mail messages and other files. But, the senators wrote in a letter to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, "We are concerned that additional documents relevant to the committee's investigations are missing or have been withheld."

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US Attorneys "Doing Double Duty" As Gonzales Aides, Work On DC Assignments