Grove plans to celebrate indictment

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Grove plans to celebrate indictment



By Katie Bearman
Managing Editor
Monday, October 24, 2005
last updated October 24, 2005 1:19 AM

As special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald deliberates bringing criminal charges against Karl Rove, senior White House advisor, and I. Lewis Libby Jr., chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, in the grand jury proceedings surrounding the Valerie Plame CIA leak, residents of Stanford’s Grove houses say they are devising their own scheme to berate the officials’ allegedly deceitful testimonies — an “indictment party.”

Should Rove be handed an indictment, the house staff says they will host a “rager” in Grove Lasuen that very night, complete with screwdriver cocktails and patriotic tunes for added irony. They will also screen a film about Rove and a documentary called “Bush’s Brain,” according to senior Jake Wachman, resident computer coordinator (RCC) in Grove Mayfield.

Because the grand jury is set to expire Oct. 28, legal experts think Fitzgerald is stepping up efforts to bring indictments in the case, and the decision could come as early as today or tomorrow, according to Reuters.

Notably, an indictment is not a guilty verdict. Rather, if Rove and Libby are indicted, they will be charged with committing a serious crime and their cases will go to a formal trial. And, according to Reuters, it’s possible that Fitzgerald will decide on conspiracy charges in place of indictment.

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[annabanana]

1. Sounds like a party to me!

cheers!:toast: :party:

[Peace Patriot]

2. I just caught that nuance--"it's possible that Fitzgerald will decide on..

...conspiracy charges in place of indictment."

"In place of indictment." What does that mean? Wouldn't conspiracy charges have to be PART of an indictment? Does the writer mean "in place of an indictment on other charges"?

Odd.

I hope these party-planners haven't jinxed the whole thing. Ye gods!