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Fitz had to bring some measure of significant progress in the way of indictments to the judge by the end of this grand jury to justify asking for another grand jury. He accomplished this with Libby. He served up Libby with five indictments as a show of force to the others on his list. And he chose Libby because Libby began to sing toward the end, so Fitz thinks he already has most of what he can get out of Libby. I also think there was a deal in the works there, to get Libby to sing. But we won't know about that until much later, as I expect Libby will be called as a prosecution witness against the others. So I will not be disappointed if Libby's prosecution appears to drag for now, as his future testimony is probably part of the deal to resolve his own case.
Fitz has enough to indict Karl, and Karl knows it bc Fitz already offered him a deal. That deal would require Karl to give up more information, but Karl turned it down. So that indictment is hanging over Karl's head like the sword of Damocles. Good strategy, let him squirm. Fitz is continuing his investigation to get the information Karl is withholding, from other sources. As that investigation continues, Fitz will pile up more evidence - and likely more indictments - against Karl, and the others.
So the race is on: The longer Karl (and anybody else) holds out, the more work Fitz has to do. The more work Fitz has to do, the less likely he will be to offer Karl an attractive deal. The longer Fitz works, the more evidence he will have against Karl (and others), until Fitz has everything he needs without Karl's cooperation. Then Fitz will throw a half dozen indictments at Karl, and THEN Karl will want to deal... but it will be too late. Karl will have nothing to offer Fitz that Fitz didn't already get somewhere else. In that case, either:
1. Karl will be useless to Fitz, and suffer the full consequences of his corruption and arrogance, or
2. Karl will have to SERIOUSLY betray Bush & Co. to get any consideration at all from Fitz.
As for me, I am absolutely certain that Karl will be indicted along with the others, and I am more than willing to be patient if it means that Fitz gets all the time he needs to build the biggest and strongest case against the most corrupt people in this god forsaken administration, as possible.
No, today was not a happy day for Karl. He is not off the hook. His day is coming, and he knows it. He will put on a brave face, and his lawyer will spin it every which way... but every day that passes by, Fitz gathers more evidence, and Karl can only squirm and wonder how bad it's getting.
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