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Lawyer: Karl Rove Cooperating With Justice Department Probes
Politics Daily —
... Karl Rove's attorney Robert Luskin said his client is cooperating with a federal criminal inquiry into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. According to Murray Waas, who was reporting on the blog TPMMuckraker, Rove's attorney also confirmed that Rove has already spoken to Department of Justice investigators separately about the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. A September 2008 report from the department's Inspector General indicated that a previous investigation into the U.S. Attorney purge had been hindered by the refusal of Bush officials, ...
Believe It When I See It
Talking Points Memo —
In an interview with TPMmuckraker, Karl Rove's attorney says his client will cooperate with Nora Dannehy's criminal investigation into the U.S. attorney firings and has already spoken with investigators conducting the internal DOJ probe into whether the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was politically motivated.
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ThinkFast: February 3, 2009
Think Progress —
... Karl Rove will cooperate with a federal criminal probe of the U.S. attorney firings being led by Nora Dannehy, the Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut. Rove has also spoken to investigators in an internal DOJ investigation regarding the prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman. ...
Waas: Rove to Cooperate With Criminal Probe
TalkLeft —
... Murray Waas has a new article up on Talking Points Memo in which he reports that Karl Rove's attorney says Rove will cooperate with the the federal grand jury probe of the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. ...
Rove, Congress, the Special Counsel, and Handcuffs
TalkLeft —
... True, Rove refused to cooperate with an earlier internal Justice Department investigation into the firings, but that was because (according to Luskin) Rove had been "directed by the Bush White House counsel's office not to cooperate." Rove won't receive the same direction from the current White House counsel. ...
Oh, Karl? You Might Want To Keep Luskin On Retainer…
Firedoglake —
... on witnesses after Murray's reporting the other day. Personally, I'm intrigued by Scott Jennings' potential, myself. Funny how once you get outside the nest of vipers things don't look so solid sometimes. ...
