Posted on 05/22/2002 10:14:33 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:53:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Justice Department has asked a federal court to dismiss an "unprecedented" General Accounting Office lawsuit against Vice President Richard B. Cheney seeking the release of White House energy task force records.
"In order to protect the president's exercise of his exclusive executive powers, the Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss the unprecedented lawsuit brought by the General Accounting Office to improperly inject itself and the courts into the president's exercise of his powers," spokeswoman Barbara Comstock said yesterday.
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