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No Indictment of Rove in CIA-Leak Case!
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| 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.
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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
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To: Armedanddangerous
I wonder if Tony Snow is going to have a press conference today?
MUST SEE TV.
61
posted on
06/13/2006 4:27:13 AM PDT
by
mware
(Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
To: moose2004
The DUmmies will deny it and say an indictment is still possible.That will be the fun part.
62
posted on
06/13/2006 4:27:21 AM PDT
by
RobFromGa
(The GOP will retain the Senate and House in 2006- Let's Do Something With It!)
To: tiredoflaundry
There isn't much grey matter to cause stain's. That said, the other stuff that their heads are filled with does leave a rather nasty olfactory stain.
63
posted on
06/13/2006 4:28:37 AM PDT
by
NAVY84
(The path of least resistance for Democrats is TREASON!)
To: Jhensy
These idiots charged the red flag... and went right over the cliff...
again...
~~~~~~~~
Meep, meep!
64
posted on
06/13/2006 4:28:45 AM PDT
by
The G Man
(The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
To: carlr
HEY DUmmies!...Yeah!...DUmmies listen up!
NEENER, NEENER, NEENER!
prisoner6
65
posted on
06/13/2006 4:28:48 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the Left fall out.)
To: NAVY84
66
posted on
06/13/2006 4:29:11 AM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(Zarqawi is pining for the fiords.)
To: carlr
Letting this build up in DUmmieland now.
67
posted on
06/13/2006 4:29:18 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
To: jslade
" I love the smell of DUmmies imploding in the morning."One of the other posts on that DUmmie thread linked to the "...most recommended thread when this announcement was posted" (paraphrased by me); the thread about Jason Leopold's 'Sealed vs. Sealed' article from June 12th. Leopold blows it while Patrick Fitzgerald clears the air. MERCY!
PJ is going to have a field day with this!
68
posted on
06/13/2006 4:29:19 AM PDT
by
bcsco
("He who is wedded to the spirit of the age is soon a widower" - Anonymous)
To: carlr
I can almost taste the DUmmies tears of unfathomable sorrow L0L
69
posted on
06/13/2006 4:29:54 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: moose2004
"The DUmmies will deny it and say an indictment is still possible."
You will see all kinds of ridiculous theories that he was indited in secret, or copped a plea, or Fitzgerald is setting him up to bring him down, or Bush stepped in, or that he is ratting on Cheney, and so much other garbage. It will make your head spin.
I am sure David Johnston, the writer from the NYT, or Byron York will be called all kinds of lovely names.
To: The G Man
"too far out in front of the news cycle" my ass! ha!
71
posted on
06/13/2006 4:31:26 AM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: Peach
Yes, mame.
This Rove news coming after the news of Zarqawi's "untimely death" and the possibility that he had been "walking around in women's underwear"........... this is a nice news cycle.
;-)
72
posted on
06/13/2006 4:31:30 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Scientists Are Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
To: tiredoflaundry
Rove practices voodoo in the White House basement?
Following my long-standing practice of believing that whatever they accuse Republicansa of is something that they do, I am led to one obvious conclusion:
Bill Clinton practiced voodoo in the white House basement.
HA!
73
posted on
06/13/2006 4:31:37 AM PDT
by
Miss Marple
(Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)
To: Peach; SuzanneC
It's glorious news .............and just think the dark cloud of dissappointment that has settled over the Wilson/Plame house as they wake up this morning to the news.
NO FROG MARCH, Joe!!
I'm very happy!
74
posted on
06/13/2006 4:31:52 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
To: Timeout
I got a photo of a dancin' frog you might like.
75
posted on
06/13/2006 4:31:54 AM PDT
by
mware
(Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
To: mware
MUST SEE TV.LOL. But don't be suprised if it barely gets mentioned. The DBM seems to be doing an Emily Litella this morning. All the air time and column space devoted to Rove's impending indictment, and now that it's not gonna happen barely a mention, more a Never mind!.
76
posted on
06/13/2006 4:31:55 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mylife
"I can almost taste the DUmmies tears of unfathomable sorrow L0L"
Don't eat the chili.
To: The G Man
78
posted on
06/13/2006 4:33:33 AM PDT
by
Purrcival
(Have a holly, jolly Fitzmas! It's the best time of the year!)
To: PJ-Comix
I almost feel cruel watching them in their misery.
No,it is actually quite fun.
Glad that momentary feeling went away.
79
posted on
06/13/2006 4:33:38 AM PDT
by
carlr
To: The G Man
Did you know that several years ago the Secret Service code name for President Bush was "Roadrunner?"
LOL!
That may no longer be true since it was publicized, but I found it quite funny at the time, and even more so today.
80
posted on
06/13/2006 4:33:49 AM PDT
by
Miss Marple
(Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)
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