House committee may subpoena Ashcroft

[cal04]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/23/house-committee-may-subpoena-ashcroft/

Both former attorney general John Ashcroft and New Jersey U.S. attorney Chris Christie have refused to testify before the House Judiciary subcommittee about a lucrative federal monitoring contact Christie awarded Ashcroft. Yesterday, however, the committee revealed that it has scheduled a hearing on Feb. 26 to vote on a motion to subpoena Ashcroft


Panel Considers Subpoenaing Ashcroft in Deal
The House Judiciary Committee disclosed Friday that it was considering subpoenaing former Attorney General John Ashcroft to testify about a contract worth at least $28 million that was steered to his consulting firm by the Justice Department.

The committee scheduled a vote next week on a motion authorizing the panel’s chairman, Representative John Conyers Jr., Democrat of Michigan, to subpoena Mr. Ashcroft.

Mr. Ashcroft had been invited to appear at a hearing the committee had scheduled for next Tuesday, but that hearing was called off without explanation.

Democratic lawmakers are investigating the circumstances of the no-bid, 18-month monitoring contract, worth $28 million to $52 million, that was awarded to Mr. Ashcroft’s consulting firm to oversee a settlement between the Justice Department and Zimmer Holdings, a large medical supply company in Indiana. The settlement resolved criminal charges that had been brought by the United States attorney in New Jersey, Christopher J. Christie.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/washington/23monitor.html

[Demeter]

1. What? Again?

How does that definition of insanity go?

[lovuian]

2. that man needs to be subpoened

he was their puppet man

[babylonsister]

3. Good. There's something very wrong about this whole deal; I'm

glad they aren't letting it drop. A no-bid contract worth $52M, payable to Ashcroft's firm? :eyes:

[L. Coyote]

4. K & R How do they keep up with the oversight overload??

[rosesaylavee]

5. K & R