Prosecutors to Question Rove on U.S. Attorney Firings

The Washington Post ^ | May 14, 2009 | By Carrie Johnson

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Former top White House official Karl Rove will be interviewed tomorrow as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys during the Bush administration, according to two sources familiar with the appointment.

He will be questioned tomorrow by Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who was named last year to examine whether any former senior Justice Department and White House officials lied or obstructed justice in connection with the dismissal of federal prosecutors in 2006.

Robert D. Luskin, a lawyer for Rove, declined comment this afternoon on the imminent interview. So did Tom Carson, a spokesman for Dannehy.

Dannehy mostly has operated in the shadows, quietly issuing subpoenas for documents through a federal grand jury in the District. But in recent weeks she has interviewed other former government aides, including White House political deputies Scott Jennings and Sarah Taylor. She also has reached out to representatives for former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and his chief of staff, Steve Bell, in an effort to determine whether New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias was removed for improper political reasons.

[Jeff Head]

What absolute Bravo Sierra. Clinton fired ALL of the US attorneys when he became President and there was never any kind of criminal investigation into that patently political partisan action.

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[Vaquero]

only democrat presidents can fire US attorneys....like BJ Clinton for instance.

for a Republican president to do it is a crime.

[DoughtyOne]

[cripplecreek]

Ridiculus waste of more taxpayer dollars. A new president doesn’t have to give reasons. Obviously Bush didn’t fire nearly enough of them.

[Slings and Arrows]

Rove should tell them to FOD. If he talks they’ll pull a Scooter Libby on him.

[OldMissileer]

Firing them is under the purview of the President of the United States.

‘Nuff said.

[blueyon]

Dems just on a witch hunt.......

[mono]

Most presidents fire all the prior US Attorneys when they take office. Bush did too. The controversy is over him firing his OWN attorneys because they would not try some political cases. Many people do not understand what all the hubbub is about. At any rate, I would hate to pay all of Roves legal bills!

[Jeff Head]

Bush certainly did not fire all sitting US attorneys when he took office. In fact, if I remember right, Clinton was the first one to fire them all at one time upon taking office.

[calico_thompson]

I hope he just “... can’t recall.”