Prosecutor in leak case seeks indictments against Rove, Libby, lawyers...

sabra

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Wed Oct-26-05 11:30 AM
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Prosecutor in leak case seeks indictments against Rove, Libby, lawyers...

http://rawstory.com/admin/dbscripts/printstory.php?story=1352

Prosecutor in leak case seeks indictments against Rove, Libby, lawyers close to case say

Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has asked the grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson to indict Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and Bush’s Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, lawyers close to the investigation tell RAW STORY.

Fitzgerald has also asked the jury to indict Libby on a second charge: knowingly outing a covert operative, the lawyers said. They said the prosecutor believes that Libby violated a 1982 law that made it illegal to unmask an undercover CIA agent.

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Two other officials, who are not employees in the White House, are also expected to face indictments, the lawyers said.

Those close to the investigation said Rove was offered a deal Tuesday to plead guilty to perjury for a reduced charge. Rove’s lawyer was told that Fitzgerald would drop an obstruction of justice charge if his client agreed not to contest allegations of perjury, they said.

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emulatorloo

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Wed Oct-26-05 11:34 AM
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1. This sounds logical and credible . . .& Rove is an idiot

Edited on Wed Oct-26-05 11:35 AM by emulatorloo

Interesting to think about the other officials.

Rove is making a mistake by not taking the deal. Guess he still thinks he is smarter than Fitz.

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Davis_X_Machina

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Wed Oct-26-05 11:40 AM
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3. Rove knows he will be pardoned...

....and therefore has nothing to fear from the perjury prosecution.

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ugarte

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Wed Oct-26-05 11:40 AM
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2. Everyone knows Rove is a liar

Should be a no-brainer to cop a plea.

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longship

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Wed Oct-26-05 11:42 AM
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4. This is going to be great!!

Rove/Libby going down. Libby going down *hard*.

The two other staffers.... Could they be Fleischer and Matalin?

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Wed Oct-26-05 11:42 AM
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