Reply #4: the people it really sucks for [View All]

[northzax]

the people getting damaged by the political crimes up above, are the mid level staffers in the White House. These are people making 60-70 grand a year, hardly poor, but hardly rich. Rove is loaded, and has rich friends, he'll be fine, but his admins have been called to the Grand Jury as well, and that is not cheap. White House employees are forbidden by law from receiving free or discounted legal counsel, for good reason, so they have to hire white shoe lawyers on their own. An appearance before a grand jury, even the simplest one, will cost you 25-50 grand in legal fees in DC (and you want a lawyer, you don't want Rove playing with your life anymore than he already is) If you are even tangentally involved, even if you had nothing to do with the planning or execution of a crime, you are looking at 100-200 grand in legal bills. that hurts.

no, I'm not feeling sorry for them, but remember there are white house staffers from the Clinton years (travel office, Rose Law Firm, Watergate, Monica, etc) who will be paying legal bills for the rest of their lives. One more example of how the powerful don't care about the impact of their actions on those farther down the food chain.