20 Ex-Prosecutors Back House in Suit Seeking to Enforce Firings Subpoenas

A group of 20 former U.S. attorneys has filed an amicus brief supporting the House of Representatives in its lawsuit seeking to enforce subpoenas in its probe into the firings of nine federal prosecutors.

President Bush has cited executive privilege to protect chief of staff Joshua Bolten and ex-White House counsel Harriet Miers. The suit filed in March seeks testimony and documents.

Legal Times reports that those signing the brief include fired New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias and Winston & Strawn chairman Dan Webb.

"It is a matter of the utmost importance for Congress to conduct a complete investigation to determine whether the White House officials have injected, or attempted to inject, partisan considerations into a process that must be rigorously insulated from such considerations," the brief says.