Skip to comments.
No Indictment of Rove in CIA-Leak Case!
NRO ^
| 6/13/06
| Byron York
Posted on 06/13/2006 3:57:53 AM PDT by The G Man
June 13, 2006, 6:44 a.m.
No Indictment of Rove in CIA-Leak Case Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald makes a decision.
By Byron York
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has informed top White House adviser Karl Rove that Rove will not face indictment in the CIA-leak investigation, National Review Online has learned. The word came yesterday, when Fitzgerald told Rove lawyer Robert Luskin that he, Fitzgerald, did not plan to seek charges against Rove. This morning, Luskin released a brief statement:
On June 12, 2006, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald formally advised us that he does not anticipate seeking charges against Karl Rove.
In deference to the pending case, we will not make any further public statements about the subject matter of the investigation. We believe that the Special Counsel’s decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove’s conduct. Rove appeared five times before a grand jury investigating the CIA-leak case; the most recent was in April. Before appearing before the grand jury, Rove was interviewed by FBI agents assigned to the investigation. Fitzgerald’s inquiry, it appears, focused most intensely on the first two sessions — the FBI interview and the first grand-jury testimony.
The key question to be resolved by Fitzgerald was said to be whether to charge Rove in connection with his testimony regarding a brief July 11, 2003, conversation with Time magazine’s Matthew Cooper. In both his interview with the FBI and in his first grand jury appearance, Rove did not tell investigators about the conversation with Cooper. By the time Rove appeared for a second time before the grand jury, Rove had discovered evidence — an internal White House e-mail — showing that he did indeed talk to Cooper. Rove gave the evidence to Fitzgerald, who then questioned him about it at length.
Rove is thought to have testified that he simply did not remember the Cooper conversation until he discovered the e-mail. (Cooper himself described the talk as being about two minutes long and occurring right as Rove was leaving on vacation.) Supporting Rove’s contention was the fact that Rove, apparently, testified from the very beginning that he talked to columnist Robert Novak, which suggested he was not trying to hide his involvement in the case from Fitzgerald.
A decision by Fitzgerald — one way or the other — had been anticipated for months. There was widespread speculation that Rove might face charges for lying to Fitzgerald’s grand jury much like those filed by Fitzgerald last October against Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff. Now, it appears that will not happen. And so far, at least, no one has been charged with violating any of the underlying laws in the case — either the Intelligence Identities Protection Act or the Espionage Act.
Rove’s fate has been the subject of intense discussion among critics of the Bush administration. Perhaps foremost among them is former ambassador Joseph Wilson, whose wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, was the CIA employee at the center of the affair. In August 2003, Wilson vowed to pursue Rove vigorously, saying, “At the end of the day it’s of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs.”
— Byron York, NR’s White House correspondent, is the author of The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy: The Untold Story of How Democratic Operatives, Eccentric Billionaires, Liberal Activists, and Assorted Celebrities Tried to Bring Down a President — and Why They’ll Try Even Harder Next Time.
|
|
National Review Online - http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjQzM2QxZWFmNDRkMTBkZDg5ODI3OTNkNjgwYmJiZjc=
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bush; cheney; cialeak; dummiemeltdown; fitzgerald; fitzmas; frogmarched; getbush; getrove; haha; lumpofcoal; mediabias; plame; plamegate; plamenameblamegame; powerghraib; rove; showtrial; wilson; witchhunt; woohoo; zogbyism
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 301-320, 321-340, 341-360, 361-378 next last
To: mware
That's not what the LIAR wilson had in mind :)
To: The G Man
But blogger said he was already indicted. They couldn't be wrong.
To: MEG33
Darling graphic and perfect for today!
343
posted on
06/13/2006 8:58:44 AM PDT
by
alwaysconservative
(Built for endurance, efficiency, and speed. Okay, maybe not for speed.)
To: Enchante
Exactly what I've been thinking too. To acknowledge that they got the bad/ false info from Wilson & his ilk would be to acknowledge that Wilson & his ilk are, well, liars & thus the case was crap in the first place.
Things are going so poorly for the left one can't wonder if the Bin Laden won't be found soon and continue to pummel the left with bad news.
To: 1Old Pro
"The media is spinning this as he's still guilty and the prosecutor knows he's guilty so he really is guilty but that the prosecutor just didn't think he could prove it."Ah. The Rather-Mapes "Fake But Accurate" play.
345
posted on
06/13/2006 9:15:43 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Drugs? Illegals? Legalize and Tax 'Em All, Right? Right??)
Rooters is mad mad mad:
346
posted on
06/13/2006 9:16:47 AM PDT
by
eyespysomething
(In a fight between Batman and Darth Vader, the winner would be Chuck Norris.)
To: eyespysomething; SittinYonder
Two 500lb bombs dropped on Zarcowee - $1 million
Air Force One trip to Iraq - $2 million
No Karl Rove indictment - $5 million tax payers dollars
A Kennedy pleading guilty to DUI? priceless
347
posted on
06/13/2006 9:19:59 AM PDT
by
eyespysomething
(In a fight between Batman and Darth Vader, the winner would be Chuck Norris.)
To: Beagle8U
I always imagine DUers as looking like this:
348
posted on
06/13/2006 9:27:02 AM PDT
by
Jhensy
To: Coop
My condolences to all you liberals and "real conservatievs" out there. The satisfaction runs deep...doesn't it :)
349
posted on
06/13/2006 9:29:59 AM PDT
by
Dolphy
To: Coop
OMG, coop. I am saving your comments! They are "stellar." Just fabulous! LOL!
350
posted on
06/13/2006 9:53:39 AM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: onyx
Stop it! I'm blushing... :-p
351
posted on
06/13/2006 9:56:43 AM PDT
by
Coop
(FR= a lotta talk, but little action)
To: Coop
Tough....lol. I am still laughing and have just read 'em to the doc and he's laughing too.
352
posted on
06/13/2006 9:59:40 AM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: JLAGRAYFOX
I have made the same trifecta bet with a close friend of mine who hates Bushitler. The Rove horse has come in. I expect the others to win as well!
353
posted on
06/13/2006 10:17:07 AM PDT
by
karnage
To: The G Man
Somewhere, a Liberal sits in Mommy's basement, lamenting his ills to the Goddess.....
354
posted on
06/13/2006 10:26:13 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(Liberalism-What a Pagan Religion...)
To: Laverne
Hugh Hewitt has a list on the Lefty Kos types howling, conspiring in disbelief. It is fun to see the fever swamps going nuts. Too bad that the MSM will never actually give a fair report on these nutter blogs to tell their readers just how crazy they are and how the DNC are their greatest followers!
To: The G Man
MENTAL STATUS: DEFCON 5
356
posted on
06/13/2006 10:48:47 AM PDT
by
new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: RobFromGa
There's a born writer if there ever was one!
CA....
357
posted on
06/13/2006 10:58:23 AM PDT
by
Chances Are
(Whew! It seems I've once again found that silly grin!)
To: Beagle8U
Get this excerpt from "Ratty":
I can say with the sincerest honesty that god I hope you guys turn out to be right after all. Conspiracies, lying reporters, national security, coverups, I don't care why. I just hope you can someday soon step out of hiding, take a big deep bow, give us all a great big finger and shriek at the top of your lungs "I TOLD YOU SO!!!" I hope you revel in the knowledge that so many people who doubted you and ridiculed you will be shamed. Me included. There is a time to be mature about victories, but this will not be one them. If you turn out to be right in the end, give yourselves a little treat I say, and f*****g gloat so hard you break something. Do you have a little dance prepared? I think you should practice one, just in case. Something with lots and lots of middle fingers and pointing butts. If your day ever comes, rub it in guys like there's no tomorrow. You will have deserved it.
In their insane level of denial, this is their only hope. And it is a hope misplaced.
358
posted on
06/13/2006 11:00:30 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
(America: SUPREME!)
To: The G Man
359
posted on
06/13/2006 11:04:16 AM PDT
by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
To: arichtaxpayer
Good Rove pic!! take that, you Liberal losers.
360
posted on
06/13/2006 11:16:56 AM PDT
by
WOSG
(Do your duty, be a patriot, support our Troops - VOTE!)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 301-320, 321-340, 341-360, 361-378 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson