Contempt of Congress - Partial List of Those Held in Contempt Since 1975

Partial List of Those Held in Contempt Since 1975

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Person Subcommittee/Committee Chamber Ultimate Disposition
Rogers C.B. Morton (Republican),
Secretary of Commerce		 November 11, 1975
Subcommittee of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce		 Not
considered		 Morton released the material to the subcommittee.
Henry Kissinger (Republican),
Secretary of State		 November 15, 1975
House Select Committee on Intelligence		 Not
considered		 Citation dismissed after "substantial compliance" with subpoena.
Joseph A. Califano, Jr. (Democrat),
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare		 August 6, 1978
Subcommittee of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce		 Not
considered		 Califano complied with the subpoena about one month after the subcommittee citation.
Charles W. Duncan, Jr. (Democrat),
Secretary of Energy		 April 29, 1980
Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations		 Not
considered		 Duncan supplied the material by 14 May 1980.
James B. Edwards (Republican),
Secretary of Energy		 July 23, 1981
Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations		 Not
considered		 Documents were delivered to Congress prior to full Committee consideration of the contempt citation.
James G. Watt (Republican),
Secretary of the Interior		 February 9, 1982
Subcommittee of House Committee on Energy and Commerce
25 February 1982
House Committee on Energy and Commerce		 Not
considered		 The White House delivered documents to the Rayburn House Office Building for review by Committee members for four hours, providing for no staff or photocopies.
Anne Gorsuch (Republican),
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency		 December 2, 1982
Oversight Subcommittee of the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation

House Committee on Public Works and Transportation

 House of Representatives After legal cases and a court dismissal of the executive Branch's suit, the parties reached an agreement to provide documents.
Rita Lavelle (Republican),
EPA official		 April 26, 1983
House Committee on Energy and Commerce		 House of Representatives Indicted for lying to Congress; convicted; sentenced to 6 months in prison, 5 years probation thereafter, and a fine of $10,000
Jack Quinn (Democrat),
White House Counsel
David Watkins,
White House Director of Administration
Matthew Moore, White House aide		 May 9, 1996
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform		 Not
considered		 Subpoenaed documents were provided hours before the House of Representatives was set to consider the contempt citation.
Janet Reno (Democrat),
Attorney General		 August 6, 1998
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform		 Not
considered		 Documents in question were revealed during the impeachment of President Clinton.
Harriet Miers (Republican),
Former White House Counsel
Joshua Bolten (Republican), White House Chief of Staff		 July 25, 2007
House Committee on the Judiciary		 February 14, 2008
House of Representatives		 On March 4, 2009, Miers and former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bush Karl Rove, agreed to testify under oath before Congress about the firings of U.S. attorneys
Eric Holder (Democrat), Attorney General June 20, 2012
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform		 June 28, 2012
House of Representatives		 Found in criminal and civil contempt

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