Prosecutor Meets With Chief Judge Could Signal That Fitzgerald Is Seeking Extension

New York Sun ^ | 10-26-05 | JOSH GERSTEIN

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WASHINGTON—The federal prosecutor investigating the alleged involvement of White House officials in the leak of a CIA operative's identity spent most of the lunch hour today meeting with the chief judge of the federal district court in the nation's capital, Judge Thomas Hogan.

As reporters massed outside an elevator lobby leading to the grand jury rooms, the special prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, apparently slipped out a back exit to conduct the noontime meeting with Judge Hogan.

Mr. Fitzgerald declined to comment as he and a colleague emerged from the judge's chambers just before 1 p.m.

The prosecutor's visit to the chief judge could signal that Mr. Fitzgerald is seeking to extend the term of the grand jury that has been investigating the leak. Judge Hogan would need to approve any extension to the grand jury's term, which was set to expire on Friday....

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if the prosecutor has been compromised, and is following an agenda set for him, its quite easy to understand that Rove would be indicted. Facts and the law just get tossed out the window. We need only look as far as what happened to DeLay to know that.