No Indictment of Rove in CIA-Leak Case!

NRO ^ | 6/13/06 | Byron York

[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=

[The G Man]

[bcsco]

[Perdogg]

Don't you, Rove is going to be the lead witness against Cheney {**eyes rolling with sarcasm**}?

[JLAGRAYFOX]

See, just like I said on this site many, many months ago. Karl Rove was innocent of any wrongdoing. And....Tom Delay will be cleared, and....so will "Scooter" Libby. And..... with each day that passes the Democrats insure they will lose seats in both the House and Senate in the mid-term 2006 elections. And....when that happens, the Democrat "Traitor/Treason" Party will lose the POTUS election in 2008, and.....the destruction of this scum and vermin party will seriously begin!!! End of story!!!

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Merry Fitzmas!

[jveritas]

Excellent news. The delusional liberals and their media have lived this fantasy of Rove indictment for the last three years and now as usual they face the bitter reality of defeat.

[Incorrigible]

Someone. Anyone!

Please post the pic of Karl Rove thumbing his nose at the lurking DUmmies!

[SueRae]

Of course, the 'See BS' internet headline reads "Rove dodges a bullet" Sooooo typical.

Charges against Libby should be dropped immediately, that will complete a moonbat meltdown Trifecta (following the death of Z man, and now Rove being cleared)

[bcsco]

Freudenscadelectable!

[MadIvan]

So will Rivers Pitt do the honourable thing and commit suicide now?

Regards, Ivan

[jveritas]

I am waiting for your DUFU today, it must be great :)

[arichtaxpayer]

[laotzu]

From our friends at DU:
Sissy doody crap... @#$^%$#^%$.
That's all I have to say in the matter...

Now, who can argue with that?

[burzum]

From Drudge:

DNC Chair Howard Dean: "If Karl Rove had been indicted it would have been for perjury. That does not excuse his real sin which is leaking the name of an intelligence operative during the time of war. He doesn't belong in the White House. If the President valued America more than he valued his connection to Karl Rove then Karl Rove would have been fired a long time ago. So I think this is probably good news for the White House, but its not very good news for America."

Pathetic!

[snugs]

Ugh I need a shower after going over there.

[admiralsn]

That would be the witch, Hillary!

[tiredoflaundry]

[Timeout]

Does anyone know whether Fitz went to the grand jury but didn't get an indictment?

Or did he decide not to SEEK one?

[the-gooroo]

You are so right! It just opens up more time and space to keep up the attacks on Ann Coulter. She IS public enemy #1 you know. Get Ready Ann.

[queenkathy]

That's SO funny. I'm just getting up and getting on the computer etc. When I heard this good news.

I wanted to visit DU just to see their headlines. I started to type in www.dummieland.com

Think it will take me to DU?