Back in the United States, new details are emerging in the growing controversy over the White House’s claim to have lost dozens of emails sought in the congressional investigation into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. The Washington Post is reporting a Republican National Committee lawyer now says the RNC is missing at least four years’ worth of emails from senior presidential adviser Karl Rove. Democrats have accused Rove and other aides of improperly using their private RNC email accounts to avoid leaving a paper trail in the attorney firings. On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy blasted the White House claim to have lost the emails.

Patrick Leahy: “They say they have not been preserved. I don’t believe that! Those emails are there; they just don’t want to produce them. We’ll subpoena them if necessary. You can’t erase emails, not today. They’ve gone through too many servers. That’s like saying the dog ate my homework.”