Posted on 10/27/2005 7:13:52 PM PDT by nj26
Associates of I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, expected an indictment on Friday charging him with making false statements to the grand jury in the C.I.A. leak inquiry, lawyers in the case said Thursday.
Karl Rove, President Bush's senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, will not be charged on Friday, but will remain under investigation, people briefed officially about the case said. As a result, they said, the special counsel in the case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, was likely to extend the term of the federal grand jury beyond its scheduled expiration on Friday.
As rumors coursed through the capital, Mr. Fitzgerald gave no public signal of how he intends to proceed, further intensifying the anxiety that has gripped the White House and left partisans on both sides of the political aisle holding their breath.
Mr. Fitzgerald's preparations for a Friday announcement were shrouded in secrecy, but advanced amid a flurry of behind-the-scenes discussions that left open the possibility of last-minute surprises. As the clock ticked down on the grand jury, people involved in the case did not rule out the disclosure of previously unknown aspects of the case.
White House officials said their presumption was that Mr. Libby would resign if indicted, and he and Mr. Rove took steps to expand their legal teams in preparation for a possible court battle.
Among the many unresolved mysteries is whether anyone in addition to Mr. Libby and Mr. Rove might be charged and in particular whether Mr. Fitzgerald would name the source who first provided the identity of an undercover C.I.A. officer to Robert D. Novak, the syndicated columnist. Mr. Novak identified the officer in a column published July 14, 2003.
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Hmmn... Wonder how solid this one is....
he can't get the GJ to indict Rove - so he just strings it out to keep the cloud over him. Disgusting.
Hmmm...that sounds possible; I had a hard time believing that a usually smart guy like Rove would lie to a grand jury about a situation in which there was no crime committed. Dunno anything about this Libby character, though.
Miller will also be indicted I think.
By the way, did you read about the demographic profile of the grand jury? All District of Columbia residents, with a majority being African-American women over the age of 50.
I doubt Republicans are too popular in that grand jury room.
and imagine if even that demographic would not indict Rove. the guy must be a saint!
Well ... at least they printed something different then what they have for the last 2 weeks
If this is true, and he will seek to extend the inquisition......it should be denied. Delay allowed Earle more time and look where it got him. All of this makes me SICK.......why does'nt someone file charges on Wilson for lying about Niger and attempting to bring down a President.
then again, this is the NY Times................
On Fox today they were saying this is a "special" grand jury and they can not be extended again. Who knows if that is correct or not, but if it is, he would have to get a new grand jury.
"On Fox today they were saying this is a "special" grand jury and they can not be extended again. Who knows if that is correct or not, but if it is, he would have to get a new grand jury."
If they can spend a week recounting the ballots in Florida to get the "correct" result, surely that grand jury can come back for a day or two.
If the extension part is true - then this makes it official that Fitz is on a fishing expedition and needs to be halted.
Either Rove lied or he didnt.
The upside not printed in this article is that NO CRIME WAS COMMITTED IN THE FIRST PLACE! All those calls from the Dems were FALSE and misleading. I hope Bush has the cohoneas to take it to them on that fact.
Appears.......probably......could be......maybe......possibly.......if pretty please, double finger crossed......
These should all be drinking game words.
I doubt it is the GJ standing in his way. This is DC. They are probably leaking like a sieve to their comrades.
< *Yawn*>
Somebody wake me when there's an indictment.
I would think that if anybody in the White House knew they were going to be indicted, they would announce it before the prosecutor does, just to screw the RAT media.
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