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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/6/2009
Rove Lawyer: Testimony Won't Happen For "Several Weeks"
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So when exactly will Karl Rove have his big sit-down with the House Judiciary committee to reveal what he knows about the White House's involvement in the US Attorney firings? According to Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, not for "several weeks." That's how long it will likely take, Luskin told ...
foxnews.com - 3/5/2009
EXCLUSIVE: Rove Warns of 'Show Trial,' Says Dems 'Would Love to Have Me Barbecued' - ...
— foxnews.com — Although he says it could turn into a "show trial," Karl Rove tells FOX News he is... looking forward to telling the House Judiciary Committee about his alleged role in the firing of federal prosecutors and the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Rove Warns of 'Show Trial,' Says Dems 'Would ...

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Rove Hits White House For Thinking ‘Everything Through From A Political Perspective’
thinkprogress.org - 3/5/2009
Rove Hits White House For Thinking ‘Everything Through From A Political Perspective’
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, in a piece that has become a media and right-wing favorite , Politico’s Jonathan Martin suggested... that the White House hatched the strategy framing Rush Limbaugh as the face of the Republican party . Interviewed on Fox News ... (more) Rove Hits White House For Thinking ‘Everything Through ...

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newsweek.com - 3/5/2009
White House Pushes Deal for Rove, Miers to Testify | Newsweek Politics
— newsweek.com — But in the end, it would appear, it was Bush's lawyers, represented mainly by former associate White... House counsel Emmett Flood and his former boss, Fred Fielding, who made the most concessions. Under the agreement, lawyers for Rep. John Conyers's ... (more) White House Pushes Deal for Rove, Miers to Testify | ...

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Daily Kos — ... The deal for Karl Rove's unsworn, behind-closed-doors chat with Congress is looking more and more like a joke. Now his attorney says it will be "several weeks" before turdblossom will be ready to talk. ...

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