ABCNEWS TELLS WHITE HOUSE OF 'INDICTMENT' (White House source: ABC bluffing)

Drudge Report ^ | 25 OCT 05 | DCBRYAN1

[DCBryan1]

ABCNEWS TELLS WHITE HOUSE OF 'INDICTMENT' Tue Oct 25 2005 19:08:02 ET

"We have double sourced that the vice president's chief of staff has been indicted," a reporter for ABCNEWS claimed to a White House press spokesman this afternoon.

The White House refused to comment on the claim. The network said they didn't need comment, they were preparing to run with the development on this evening's network news broadcast, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

ABCNEWS claimed to the White House that it had double sourced how an indictment against vice presidential chief of staff I. Lewis Libby was set.

A senior White House source quickly determined ABC was bluffing; the report did not run on the East coast feed of the program.

Developing...

UPDATE

ABC NEWS spokesman Jeff Schneider tells the DRUDGE REPORT: "There is nothing at all true about us having double sourced anything" regarding indictments.

More from Drudge:

CBS’ JOHN ROBERTS: Lawyers familiar with the case think Wednesday is when special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will make known his decision, and that there will be indictments. Supporters say Rove and the vice president’s chief of staff, Scooter Libby, are in legal jeopardy...

Another update from Drudge:

Indictments in CIA leak case ‘about to be handed down’

[oceanview]

the administration had Wilson tee-ed up with the senate committee report on his trip - he lied about everything. they did nothing with it.

the left wants the indictments here and the spin from the,, what happens at trial will be on page 26.

[USAConstitution]

[p23185]

REMEMBER THE EXIT POLLS!

Com'on we all know the polls were correct and the election tally was "fixed" to allow Bushies to win!!

[uncbob]

I watched about 3 minutes of the Chris Matthews/ NYT Grand Jury and my impressions are as follows.

I truly belive that Mathews audience is primarily conservatives who are drawn like moths to a flame

All you do is give him ratings

[Txsleuth]

Do you think if there are indictments handed down, say late tomorrow, that MSNBC will go 24/7 with LIVE partying???

I mean...they just couldn't report on Fitzmas, in the course of a normal days schedule, do you thinK!!

I can just imagine Chrissy, Fineman, Van den Heuval, and the rest...just going on and on, hypothesizing what kind of "sentence" the players will get....

I bethca they are in production meetings as we "speak"...

BUT, wouldn't they have to have a "never mind" contingency plan, if it is Wilson, Plame, Russert, Miller, Cooper that are indicted...gee..that is 5 people...huh?

[operation clinton cleanup]

It's almost Rovian in its complexity.

Haha... that would be sweet... get Wilson and the press under oath!

[prairiebreeze]

But as one of the few news organizations with the skill and strength to help voters evaluate what the candidates are saying to serve the public interest. Now is the time for all of us to step up and do that right.

Hock-spit!! Geeze, the arrogance of these butt-brains...

[p23185]

It just fricken amazes me how an investigation into "illegal" leaks, has so many illegal leaks about the investigation!!!

Why is it the Libs are so uptight about the "outting" of a desk jockey at the CIA (a leak), but have no compunction about all the GJ leaks??

[conservativepoet]

If I were in the Senate, I'd announce a 2nd subpoena for J. Wilson. I pursue charges against him as a result of his intentional lie. I'd do it simultaneously with Fritz's announcement.

[daybreakcoming]

To this day, I cannot fathom why Novack published his piece about valerie plame anyway. He knew only trouble would follow.

Been wondering that since Day One. In my best dreams, it's been a Rovian Plan with Novak kicking it off.

[Rudder]

Well, he recited it as if he was reading a source. He said that the prosecutor could convene a grand jury on demand, but that to issue an indictment there has to be a quorum and that there was only one such scheduled for this week---Wednesday.

It also flashed by me as I was scanning this thread that someone else here has posted the same conclusion, but from a different source.

[Liberty Valance]

I'd love to see Terry Moron's head on a pike.

[jveritas]

LOL! good one. If Libby is indicted and probably for false statement or perjury and not for the "leaking" itself, it will an absolutely nothing event. The Left wants Karl Rove and if they do not get him, it will be suicide time for all of them.

[p23185]

So, we ought to simply believe Drudge cooked the whole story up, made it out of whole cloth? The media has no idea how low they are...they've been living there so long.

Drudge just absolutely knew the story was true, but the documents could not be verified!

[aculeus]

A senior White House source quickly determined ABC was bluffing lying.

[ReaganRevolution]

but that to issue an indictment there has to be a quorum and that there was only one such scheduled for this week---Wednesday.

I heard the same thing last week, that Wednesday would be the day for indictments to be decided. For some reason Friday wouldn't guarantee having a quorum.

[kabar]

They are in FULL PANIC mode.<

More like sharks in the water smelling blood. I hope they are in for a big surprise.

[Mo1]

Are you watching Sean Hannity nail this Congressmen??

[MEG33]

Chrissy will be on all day and into the night when and if indictments are handed down...I will peek now and then just to see if he has fainted from excitement.

[soycd]

*they* the libs are bent on destroying America and its
bill of rights and its founders ideals.

I will die fighting them if it comes to blows but I plan
on winning and eliminating anyone that tries to delete the
America our founders created.