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There Is No Precedent Barring White House Aides From Testifying To Congress

Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) has called on Karl Rove and other top White House aides to testify under oath in front of Congress concerning their role in the U.S. attorney purge. A response from White House Counsel Fred Fielding is expected today, but in the meantime, the White House and its allies have put up a fight, arguing that presidential advisers have historically not testified in front of Congress:

But in reality, there is no such precedent. According to the Congressional Research Service, under President Clinton, 31 of his top aides testified on 47 different occasions. The aides who testified included some of Clinton’s closest advisors:

Harold Ickes [pictured above] - 7/28/94

George Stephanopoulos - 8/4/94

John Podesta - 8/5/94

Bruce R. Lindsey - 1/16/96

Samuel Berger - 9/11/97

Beth Nolan (Counsel to the President) - 5/4/00

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