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| Bush rejects Senate 'show trials' |
| US President George W Bush says he will not allow his advisers to take part in
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 21-March-2007
3:17:54 AM |
| He has offered to let his staff give evidence, but only in private and not under oath.
The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee has rejected the offer.
Democrats in Congress have accused Attorney General Albert Gonzales of sacking prosecutors for political reasons, and called for him to quit.
But Mr Bush has backed Mr Gonzales, a long-time confidant, and warned Democrats against seeking a fight over the issue in order "to score political points".
"We will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition aimed at honourable public servants," Mr Bush said.
Bi-partisan anger
He said Democrats should accept his proposal for staff including his chief political adviser, Karl Rove, and his former counsel, Harriet Miers, to meet Senators in private, and that he would fight any effort to subpoena them.
Bi-partisan anger
He said Democrats should accept his proposal for staff including his chief political adviser, Karl Rove, and his former counsel, Harriet Miers, to meet Senators in private, and that he would fight any effort to subpoena them.
Bi-partisan anger
He said Democrats should accept his proposal for staff including his chief political adviser, Karl Rove, and his former counsel, Harriet Miers, to meet Senators in private, and that he would fight any effort to subpoena them.
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