Posted on 10/06/2005 12:19:41 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th-hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation.
The persons, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of grand jury secrecy, said Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has not made any decision yet on whether to file criminal charges against the longtime confidant of President Bush or others.
The U.S. attorney's manual requires prosecutors not to bring witnesses before a grand jury if there is a possibility of future criminal charges unless they are notified in advance that their grand jury testimony can be used against them in a later indictment.
Rove has already made at least three grand jury appearances and his return at this late stage in the investigation is unusual.
The prosecutor did not give Rove similar warnings before his earlier grand jury appearances.
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VS Superslims...LOL
One little detail that I noticed rereading the NRO story: Cooper claimed in the email that Rove spoke on "double super secret" security, but later joked that this was something he made up, something he'd heard in a James Bond movie, or something like that. It's interesting that he would insert a false security claim into the email, then have to backtrack later on, saying it was a joke. That casts doubt on his credibility.
Hope you're right. However, Judge Napolitano was just on Fox. He believes that Rove is in trouble and that Rove is trying to convince the jury not to indict him. He also said that it is not set in stone that the the prosecutor has to notify Rove if he is a target.
The "22 indictments" figure is a Dem fantasy, not reality.
22 indictments?? I'm getting more depressed by the minute..
What?? 22 what?
That number might well include reporters. We can't assume that it's all people in the Bush administration.
Ask Susan McDougal if you are allowed to take the fifth before a Grand Jury.
Bingo. As to the leak, it ain't Rove's camp and it ain't Fitz. Spin...
That is my recollection as well.
Call me crazy, but if I were ms. Miller, and she is supposed to be a democrat, and she had a chance to turn in the president's right hand man, and didn't do it. Thats just crazy. I still think that the link came down, from a top DEMOCRAT. Thats just my opinion.
LOL
Yeah, they had real memory problems didn't they?
For what? I think you would be wise to STFU until we know what is going on.
A perjury indictment (at the least) for Rove has been the buzz on K Street for days now.
If Karl falls...the hope is he'll let go of the President's coattails first. (But, "they" don't seem to be counting on it)
Re#155 Interesting. Very. Would be kewl. And strikingly similar to a bunch of Freeper guesstimates/theories...
True, but she was never on the federal payroll. Starr wanted her testimony about her business relationship with the Clintons.
Every American has an absolute right to assert their 5th Amendment rights, but there is no right to a federal job (unless you're a civil servant and your supervisor tries to fire you for slacking off, but that's another story).
If anyone can come up with a counterexample I'd love to hear it, but I've never heard of a government employee-- from police officer to White House aide-- pleading the 5th and keeping their job.
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