Harriet Miers
Events (32)
- January 20, 2001 and After: Cheney’s People Take Control of Large Areas of Bush Administration, Begin Expansion of Presidential Power 2001-01-20
- Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Members of President Bush’s Traveling Staff Learn of Second Crash and Then Fetch a Television to See Coverage of It 2001-09-11
- July 21, 2003: Hadley Offers to Resign Over ‘16 Words’ Controversy; White House Staffers Decide to Approach Issue with ‘Forthrightness,’ ‘Honesty’ 2003-07-21
- November 4, 2004: White House Reassures US Attorneys, Other Presidential Appointees They Will Not Be Asked to Resign 2004-11-04
- January 6, 2005: White House Contacts Justice Department Official about Firing US Attorneys, Relays Idea from Rove 2005-01-06
- January 9, 2005: Justice Department Official Says US Attorneys who are ‘Loyal Bushies’ Will Not Be Fired 2005-01-09
- February 24, 2005 and After: Justice Department Lawyer Generates ‘Performance Chart’ for All US Attorneys 2005-02-24
- March 2, 2005: Attorney General Chief of Staff Sends List ‘Ranking’ US Attorneys for Retention or Firing Based on Loyalty to White House 2005-03-02
- March 23, 2005: White House Confirms Plan to Fire US Attorneys on Hold 2005-03-23
- May 12 - June 9, 2005: White House Counsels Discuss Not Renewing US Attorney’s Term 2005-06-09
- June 9, 2005: White House Counsel Says White House Has Made ‘Decision’ to Fire High-Performing US Attorney over Republican Complaints of Voter Fraud 2005-06-09
- June 23, 2005: Bradbury Becomes Head of Office of Legal Counsel, Turning Office into White House Rubber Stamp 2005-06-23
- May 2 - June 28, 2005: White House Political Aide Pushes to Remove US Attorney in New Mexico 2005-06-28
- July 10, 2005: White House Press Secretary Shocked by Press Revelation that Rove Involved in Leak 2005-07-10
- August 9, 2005: New Mexico Republican Official Asks White House to Fire US Attorney 2005-08-09
- October 3-27, 2005: Miers Nomination to Supreme Court Fails 2005-10-03
- October 6, 2005: New York Subway Terror Alert Is Reportedly Unnecessary 2005-10-06
- October 31, 2005 - February 1, 2006: Alito Becomes Supreme Court Justice; Swings Balance of Court to Right 2005-10-31
- December 30, 2005: Cheney, Addington Rewrite Bush Signing Statement on Detainee Treatment Act 2005-12-30
- February 14, 2008: House Holds Miers, Bolten in Contempt 2008-02-14
- February 29, 2008: Mukasey Refuses to Refer Contempt Citations to Grand Jury 2008-02-29
- March 10, 2008: House Judiciary Committee Files Lawsuit to Compel White House Testimony 2008-03-10
- November 13, 2008: Former Radio News Director Reveals Strategies of Conservative Talk Show Success 2008-11-13
- May 26, 2009: Supreme Court Nominee an ‘Intellectual Lightweight,’ Conservatives Claim, Compare Her to Harriet Miers 2009-05-26
- Late January 2005: Rove Becomes Deputy Chief of Staff, Bolstering Perception that White House is Politicizing Governance
- February or March 2005: White House Office of Political Affairs Learns of Plans to Fire US Attorneys
- Between 2003-Late 2005: White House Official Allegedly Tells CIA Not To Destroy CIA Interrogation Tapes
- Late 2004 or Early 2005: US Attorney Contacted about Voter Fraud Allegations in Disputed Washington Gubernatorial Race
- Late December 2004: White House, Justice Department Officials Begin Discussing Feasibility of Firing Some or All US Attorneys
- 2003: Justice Department Advises CIA Not to Destroy Interrogation Videotapes
- Early 2005: Wisconsin Republicans Prepare ‘Voter Fraud’ Report for Rove
- Mid- and Late March, 2005: Former RNC Aide Learns of US Attorney Firing List, Tells White House Officials He Wants US Attorney Slot