BREAKING: RED ROVER, RED ROVER! FITZ CONSIDERING PERJURY AND OBSTRUCTION

[Halliburton]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-042606rove_lat,0,1773232.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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White House political advisor Karl Rove today went to a courthouse where he testified for the fifth time before a federal grand jury investigating his role in the CIA leak case.

"He's testifying now, and is doing so voluntarily," Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Rove, told Bloomberg news service.

After several hours, Rove was photographed leaving the courthouse. It was not known whether he would return.

Rove has been under scrutiny over whether he promptly disclosed to investigators and the grand jury conversations he had with journalists about CIA officer Valerie Plame, whose identity was leaked to the media in the summer of 2003. It is a crime to disclose the identity of a covert CIA agent.

Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald is believed to be considering perjury or obstruction charges against Rove or charges that he offered misstatements to investigators.
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[AlCzervik]

1. he was there for over 3 hours so it must be something, i remain optimistic

cautiously.

[Ecumenist]

2. Can I slam the cell doors shut, HUH, HUH?

Can I, huh???

[wordpix]

40. next * backdrop: PRISON REFORM. He needs to make those prisons nice for

his cronies before he goes there himself

[Ecumenist]

47. You're probably 1000% correct...

Prison reform would happen so fast, there'll be sparks flying. Prison rape and all the other horrors of prison will be a bad legend.

[stepnw1f]

I Was Hoping for More

than just Perjury or obstruction... we'll have to wait and see. Interesting...

[Lochloosa]

12. Those are some heavy duty charges....

you don't lie to a federal prosecutor.

Have faith.

[KingFlorez]

3. He had it comin', he had it comin', he had it comin' all along!

[BuyingThyme]

4. This is exhausting.

[Beelzebud]

14. Thats why i haven't really followed it.

I'm aware of it. But I don't think about it much at all. I think the "Fitzmas" crap was premature wishful thinking. For all we know Fitzgerald is going to be just another shill for Bush.

I mean if he brings down this criminal gang, I'll sing his praises for all-time.

But i'm not going to jump the gun and act like this guy is a saint, or that a conviction is guaranteed.

[emulatorloo]

50. Pls research Fitzgerald before you suggest he will be a "Bush Shill"

Everything I read suggests he is a man of integrity. Ask Gov Ryan (r-illinois) about the "gentle Bush shill" treatment he recieved from Fitzgeralds' office.

[bluestateguy]

5. I think Fitz set a perjury trap for him today

What goes around comes around. It may have taken 8 years, but revenge will be just as sweet.

It's about perjury and obstruction of justice.

Let's keep our fingers crossed and not count any chickens just yet.

[Tigress DEM]

26. Which would mean Fitz probably has more on him.

Because once you show he is lying, then if you can bring out the full truth, Rove will be singing his socks off for a deal. That is my hope.

Watching CNN etc... I see these talking heads saying stuff like that "most of the intelligence pointed to WMD" but certain things didn't and my husband starts laughing because I can't help myself, I just start squawking at the TV - Liar, Liar, Liars.

[sam sarrha]

6. so will tom delay be pimp'n his ass for cigarettes in Leavenworth

:nopity: :rofl:

[FuzzyDicePHL]

36. OMG

What an unappetizing image that creates.... But let's hope so! :D

[bdamomma]

7. we have to wait patiently on this one

but I have faith in Fitz. He is one thorough lawyer.

[H2O Man]

10. Patiently ....

... but not long.

[capi888]

16. What are you thinking H20???

Give us your wise opinion? I hear the wheels turning!!!

[Catherine Vincent]

17. Things are good.

:-)

[H2O Man]

33. "...the wheels turning"

Now I'll be singing John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels" as I read through some of the threads on the "great non-controversy" about if Karl got a letter. Of course, John did a heck of a cover of Holland's "Please Mister Postman," too.

Yesterday's events caused me to hold back on that which I had planned to say in an essay on how people on progressive forums sometimes miss what is significant in media reports on the Plame case, because they are too invested in petty conflicts ..... maybe a modified version today.

[stop the bleeding]

42. can't wait - checking your blog now n/t

[capi888]

44. Keep singing 'Wheels are turning" good one!

I certainly agree, we need to look at the core of what happened yesterday. Yesterday was good!
I was looking forward to reading your opinion on the GJ session. Will be watching. Your words are wise!
Looks like you recieved well deserved Kudos on your research in the CIA Leak. Congrats.

[MsKandice01]

8. It looks like we're getting a Re-Fitzmas!

Happy, happy, joy, joy!

[rodeodance]

9. these were always a possibility. I do not see anything new.

[Mr_Spock]

11. I sure hope Rove gets indicted.

He really is a super sleaze-bag - he cannot be allowed to get away with his awful treasonous behavior if we are to survive as a country...

[neuvocat]

13. "Voluntarily" in the way that Scott McClellan "resigned"?

I'm not buying that.

[AlCzervik]

15. he went "Voluntarily" at the request of Fitzgerald---meaning

if he didn't he would have been subpoenaed.

[BeachBuckeye]

18. My lawyer friends tell me.....

that "voluntarily" means Rove went in to try and save his ass because he knows he is a target. If Fitz had called him in my friends tell me it would have been a signal that Fitz didn't have enough to nail Rove. "Voluntarily" is good news for the good guys.

[Catherine Vincent]

19. Wow!

You're posting at this hour? :hi:

[ktlyon]

43. yes may be he is rolling over on someone higher up

I hope he is singing to save his own skin

[savemefromdumbya]

23. yes

[sendero]

46. Exactly..

... the very fact that he's appeared 5 times means he is in trouble, he knows it and he's 'cooperating' all he can. He is not the one in control of this situation, that is for sure.

[marmar]

20. Half the people at the Republican Convention next year...

are going to be wearing teathers! (Another quarter of them, including Katherine Harris, will be in straight jackets).

[kestrel91316]

27. What are "teathers"??

I must be too old and un-hip.

[marmar]

32. Those little electronic leg bracelets that people under house arrest wear.

Kind of a Lojack for people.

[kestrel91316]

49. That would be "tethers". No wonder I was baffled.

My brain was thinking: What are TEETHERS???

[marmar]

51. Oops. Should've spellchecked that one.

:dunce:

[neverforget]

21. Please let this be true!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :beer: :applause:

[LuckyLib]

22. To quote an old Doonesbury cartoon, "Guilty, guilty, guilty!"

[Independent_Liberal]

24. K&R!

I hope Hadley and Gonzales are next.

[KAT119]

25. I also hope that the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) is next!!

Approximately 22 members who worked up the Plame treason - plus the Iraq war scenario.

Last October, during the first Grand Jury conclusion/ announcement of Indictment(s)- it was observed that Fitz. had 22 folders in hand & the BUZZ was that the entire WHIG was going down.

Libby is the only member of WHIG so far...staying hopeful....

[Talismom]

29. Oh I wish it happened that way! Bring down the whole gang. n/t

[wordpix]

35. OMG, wouldn't that be great?! All of WHIG behind bars, please, please!

[lovuian]

28. Please obstruction... not just perjury....

Pretty please Fitzy

[demobabe]

30. Thanks for the report

Waiting patiently for the outcome...

:popcorn:

[Justice Is Comin]

31. My reading of the tea leaves.

Rove was the unfinished business all along. That's why Fitzgerald set up the new grand jury before he dedicated his time to finish up the Ryan trial.

Now this is his sole focus and Luskins story is subtly changing. Rove is suddenly and coincidentally demoted one day after the Ryan trial is wrapped up. Insiders and newspapers are starting to actively court the ominous possible fate imminent for Rove.

I believe Luskin is lying every time he opens his mouth. I suspect Rove has been "notified" in one form or another that he is a target and that yesterday was a "step into my lair" for the 5th time if you like by Patrick Fitzgerald. Because I think they have so many contradictions from other witnesses to his testimony that Patrick felt sure, come on down and twist yourself up even more with additional desperation testimony under oath.

I think Patrick is playing with him like a cat bats around a mouse before lunch. I fully expect Rove to be indicted at the minimun for lying to federal investigators. Rove is 100 yards from going over the falls and he's paddling like hell to try to avoid it but he's going over.

I also think it will take about 3 more meetings of the grand jury before they would make the announcement because of all the testimony that has to be read to them from two years of previous witnesses statements. This has to be comprehended by the new grand jury and merged into the total picture of Roves lies.

That's my feeling on it anyway. We'll see how right I am.

[clixtox]

34. Great Post, Thank you

I admit also that the whole grand jury process has been so lengthy that I have not stayed up to date on the nuances. Thank you for putting the situation in better focus for me...

I sure hope that the sleazy scumbag Rove ends up squealing out the whole stinking pack of lying, murdering, neo-con chicken hawks.

Engaging in abusive prison sex would probably be Rove's consistant dream coming true... He deserves to share a cozy cell with his boy-toy the "Bull-Dog" James Guckert/Jeff Gannon for a decade or two, at least.

[spanone]

37. Voluntarily! Sure he did, otherwise he'd been subpoenaed.

[leftchick]

38. Not to worry! SoSoBAD on CNN said this morning

with Bob Franken in agreement, that this will go on forver, it is too complicated, and it will never be figured out. :eyes:

[wordpix]

39. oh yeah, it's just so complicated that BushCheneyRove concocted a scheme

to get back at Joe Wilson and spread the story about Plame and her CIA role. It's just too much for the average citizen to understand. NOT.

This is what the repukes want the sheeple to believe: this story is so complicated and will take so many yrs. to unravel, you can't comprehend it so don't even try, move along, nothing's happening here. :evilgrin:

[leftchick]

41. I just laugh at sosobad and the rest of the moran news peeps

They will be caught with their panties down when Rove is indeed indicted THIS SUMMER!

:popcorn:

[Ganja Ninja]

45. Spilling the beans on Cheney and his pet chimp no doubt.

He's not going to risk being thrown in jail.

[Child_Of_Isis]

48. misstatements????????

How quaint. The wealthy mistate...the poor lie.

[VP505]

52. If Carl

gets convicted, perhaps he will get a chance to spend a little quality time with some of those War Vets with PTSD that have not gotten the treatment they really need, thanks to Bu$hCo budget cuts. You know, the ones that have "just lost it" and committed some heinous crime like murder,and are now incarcerated with a "pissed off at the world attitude"... One can only hope. LOL

[savemefromdumbya]

53. What will they be serving with Roast Pig?

[snooper2]

54. Thanks for linking to an actually news organization...

With the "Breaking" in the title, I thought it was more rawflory crap...

[robertpaulsen]

55. Kick this to the top!

:kick:

[jean]

56. I feel a little safer. Fitz will nail the pasty traitor and it can't come

too soon.