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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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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: Miss Marple
Bill Clinton practiced voodoo in the white House basement. Well, we are sure he practiced "woohoo" in the basement! ;-)
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:33:53 AM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(Zarqawi is pining for the fiords.)
To: YaYa123
Did you just capture Mehlman on FNC? He was great but I wanted to get down what he said about Harry Reid and Abramoff but missed it.
Did you hear that exchange?
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:33:59 AM PDT
by
Peach
(If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
To: beyond the sea
83
posted on
06/13/2006 4:34:13 AM PDT
by
Peach
(If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
To: tiredoflaundry
It's imploding over at the DUmp and KOSland. I wish I didn't have to go to work today so I could play in the despair over there...
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:34:20 AM PDT
by
Chickenhawk Warmonger
(All aboard the Chickenhawk Express... www.chickenhawkexpress.blogspot.com)
To: moose2004
The DUmmies will deny it and say an indictment is still possible.
In 24 hours????
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:35:21 AM PDT
by
mware
(Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
To: Purrcival
Schadenfreudelicious!You betcha! I guess this good news is a signal for me to get off this damn computer and go to bed.
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:36:23 AM PDT
by
radiohead
(Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
To: Chickenhawk Warmonger
Speaking of despair, I will watch to see how Will Pitt, Truthout, and Jason Leopold turn around and play the victim to Karl Rove. As if Karl Rove cares about them at all.
To: The G Man
Thank you God for blessing us with such stupid opponents.
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:39:45 AM PDT
by
Jhensy
To: Coop
It's been a tough couple'a'weeks for the Trotskyites.
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:40:16 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: Peach
didn't catch enough of it.
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:40:59 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
To: prisoner6
To: All
To: RobFromGa
Good catch, Rob. Thanks for the laugh!
To: mware
The DUmmies will deny it and say an indictment is still possible. In 24 hours????
Make that 24 business hours!
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:44:55 AM PDT
by
jslade
(Liberalism ALWAYS accomplishes the exact opposite of it's stated intent!)
To: The G Man
Nothing could be finer than to see the Dims wallowing in their grief and crying in their lattes two weeks in a row. There is but one word for this news and that's SWEET!!!!
To: mewzilla
Fitz pulled a Nifong. He even included a weasel word "anticipate".....in case he can concoct something later?
To: Freee-dame
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:46:00 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: The G Man
Victoria Toening says this is the correct decision about a year late. LOL
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:48:35 AM PDT
by
Peach
(If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
To: commonguymd
I call it Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Chili...
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:49:28 AM PDT
by
NImerc
To: OldFriend
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posted on
06/13/2006 4:50:04 AM PDT
by
The G Man
(The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
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