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Conyers and Leahy make the next move in the battle with the White House over the U.S. attorney firings.

Yesterday, the White House asserted a blanket claim of executive privilege for everything the House and Senate judiciary committees were seeking. Today, Conyers and Leahy have responded with a letter asking for a more specific response. If they don’t get it, they say, then the fight goes to the next level.

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