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House Judiciary to vote on giving immunity to DoJ aide |
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By Klaus Marre
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Posted: 04/17/07 12:12 PM [ET] |
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The House Judiciary Committee will vote Wednesday on whether to grant immunity to a former Department of Justice (DoJ) aide in return for testimony in the panel’s probe of the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. The committee is slated to convene at 10:15 a.m. to discuss whether immunity should be granted to Monica Goodling, who was the DoJ liaison to the White House. Goodling had indicated that she would invoke her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. “As the White House liaison in the Department while the U.S. attorney firings were planned and carried out, Ms. Goodling clearly has much to contribute to the committee’s understanding of the surrounding circumstances,” panel Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) said. “I am hopeful we can approve immunity so that we can schedule her to testify as soon as possible and begin to clear up the many inconsistencies and gaps surrounding this matter,” Conyers added.
A two-thirds majority is required to grant a witness immunity. |
