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Attorneys for Justice Department official Monica Goodling yesterday accused Democrats of McCarthyism, as the two sides wrangled over whether Ms. Goodling will have to come before Congress publicly to invoke her Fifth Amendment right to refuse to testify.
John M. Dowd, Ms. Goodling's attorney, said in a letter that comments by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John R. Conyers, Michigan Democrat, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, implying that Ms. Goodling is guilty of wrongdoing in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys "are unfortunately reminiscent of Senator Joseph McCarthy."See the full content of this document
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Judiciary Probe Leaders Likened to Mccarthy
Mr. Dowd noted that McCarthy, a Wisconsin Republican who served in the Senate from 1947 to 1957, called people "Fifth Amendment communists" when they asserted the...
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