Posted on 04/28/2006 2:11:55 PM PDT by rightalien
WASHINGTON, April 27 Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case, is expected to decide in the next two to three weeks whether to bring perjury charges against Karl Rove, the powerful adviser to President Bush, lawyers involved in the case said Thursday.
With the completion of Mr. Rove's fifth appearance before the grand jury on Wednesday, Mr. Fitzgerald is now believed to have assembled all of the facts necessary to determine whether to seek an indictment of Mr. Rove or drop the case.
Lawyers in the case said Mr. Fitzgerald would spend the coming days reviewing the transcript of Mr. Rove's three hours of testimony on Wednesday and weigh it against his previous statements to the grand jury as well as the testimony of others, including a sworn statement that Mr. Rove's lawyer gave to the prosecutor earlier this year. The lawyers were granted anonymity so they could speak about the internal legal deliberations in Mr. Rove's case.
A lawyer with knowledge of the case said that Mr. Rove had known for more than a month that he was likely to make another appearance before the grand jury, and that he had known since last fall that he would be subject to further questions from Mr. Fitzgerald before the prosecutor completed his inquiry.
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The NYTimes walks like a politician, it quacks like a politician, it smells like a politician, and wants me to believe it is a news journal. I won't allow my parakeet to edit that rag.
You forgot Fitzter and St. Fitzrick's Day.
You be funny, dude.
No. He made a deal.
Not only that--his lawyer said the new information was favorable to Rove.
:-)
Fitz is walking on thin ice
I sure do. "It depends on what the meaning of the word IS is." When I heard that I about fell out of my chair. Unfortunately, most of my fellow citizens just shrugged.
Crapola....Rove's attorney read a statement and in that statement Fitz had said he hadn't decided if Rove would be charged or not. YUK...Fitz wants so bad to indict Rove.
Research, dude!!
But Rove's lawyer said yesterday that the prosecutor said Rove was not a target.
I'm not a lawyer, but from following this case I've learned a few things. A person who testifys to the Grand Jury can be one of three things: a witness, a subject, or a target. Only a witness is definitely in the clear. If I understand correctly, the letter declaring someone a target may not go out until shortly before an indictment. Karl Rove is considered a subject, so he could still become a target.
And Martin Luther Fitzking Day, and Fitzident's Day. Fitz isn't delivering on any holiday. He can kiss his dreams of AG or SCOTUS justice goodbye.
BUAAAAAAHAHAHHAHA
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