Colorado Man Wants Cheney To Testify In His Court Case

[Kadie]

Jan 30, 2008 7:55 pm
Colo Man Wants Cheney To Testify In His Court Case


By P. Solomon Banda, AP Writer
DENVER (AP) ― Secret Service agents and aides to Vice President Cheney who gave statements for a Colorado lawsuit have asked a judge not to release videos of their testimony, saying they might wind up on YouTube or "Comedy Central."

The arguments Wednesday came as a federal magistrate ordered the government to present its reasons why Cheney should not be subpoenaed to testify in a lawsuit by a Denver-area man who claims comments he made to the vice president about the Iraq war led to his arrest in June 2006.

David Lane, an attorney for Steve Howards, said that Secret Service agents and Cheney's employees all provide different versions of Howards' actions, which raises questions that only Cheney -- the alleged victim of the assault -- could answer.

James Gilligan, an attorney representing the Office of the Vice President and the Secret Service, told Magistrate Judge Craig Shaffer that Lane had not "crossed the bar" showing how he could interview a high level official under oath.

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Howards, 55, was questioned by Secret Service agents, arrested and told he would be charged with assault after making comments about the Iraq war to Cheney in the Colorado mountain resort of Beaver Creek, where Cheney was attending a conference. Howards said he "lightly touched" Cheney.

Howards was never charged with assault and the district attorney later dismissed a harassment charge against him.

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