Subpoenas on Hold, Senators to Meet with GonzalesDuring this morning’s business meeting, the Senate Judiciary Committee opted to delay issuing subpoenas to five Justice Department officials. Instead, Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and other members of the committee will meet with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales late this afternoon.
Yesterday, Leahy sent Gonzales a letter (read it here) seeking to “work out a process” for the DoJ to “make these witnesses available for interviews, depositions, or hearing testimony, on a voluntary basis.” To ensure that Gonzales didn’t dally, the committee prepared to authorize the issuance of subpoenas this morning. But apparently Leahy was satisfied with Gonzales’ response, since he’s postponed the vote on subpoenas until next week.
We’ll have to wait until after that meeting to see what happens.
