On Wednesday, November 19, 2008, Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) filed a Committee Report, with Minority Views, to accompany resolutions finding Karl Rove and Joshua Bolten in Contempt of Congress. The Senate Judiciary Committee began investigating the dismissals of nine U.S. Attorneys in January 2007, and in December 2007, the Committee voted 12-7 to report resolutions of contempt to the Senate. The Committee Report filed November 19, 2008, is available online.
In addition, the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility has issued three reports related to the Committee's investigation:
- June 24, 2008 - An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring in the Department of Justice Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program
- July 28, 2008 - An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General
- September 29, 2008 - An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006
Brief timeline of the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation into the dismissal of nine U.S. Attorneys:
- January 18, 2007 - Hearing: Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice
- February 6, 2007 - Hearing: Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?
- March 6, 2007 - Hearing: Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? -- Part II
- March 15, 2007 - Senate Judiciary Committee authorizes first subpoenas in U.S. Attorney investigation
- March 29, 2007 - Hearing: Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? -- Part III
- April 12, 2007 - Senate Judiciary Committee authorizes subpoenas in U.S. Attorney investigation
- April 19, 2007 - Hearing: Department of Justice Oversight
- May 2, 2007 - Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena issued for lost emails
- May 15, 2007 - Hearing: Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? -- Part IV
- June 5, 2007 - Hearing: Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? -- Part V
- June 13, 2007 - Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena issued to White House Counsel Fred Fielding
- June 13, 2007 - Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena issued to Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs Sara M. Taylor
- June 27, 2007 - Hearing: Oversight of the Federal Death Penalty
- June 28, 2007 - White House asserts executive privilege in response to Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas
- July 11, 2007 - Hearing: Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? -- Part VI
- July 24, 2007 - Hearing: Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice
- July 26, 2007 - Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena issued to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove
- July 26, 2007 - Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena issued to White House Deputy Director of Political Affairs J. Scott Jennings
- August 2, 2007 - Hearing: Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? -- Part VII
- November 29, 2007 - Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy ruling on the White House's claims of executive privilege and immunity
- December 13, 2007 - Senate Judiciary Committee orders resolutions of contempt to be reported to the full Senate
- January 30, 2008 - Hearing: Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice
- July 9, 2008 - Hearing: Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice
- July 30, 2008 - Hearing: Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice
- November 19, 2008 - Senate Judiciary Committee Report to accompany resolutions of contempt is filed
