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Prosecutor To Interview Rove Today

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Prosecutor To Interview Rove Today, Sources Say

By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 15, 2009

Karl Rove will be interviewed today as part of a criminal investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys during the presidency of George W. Bush, according to two sources familiar with the appointment.

Rove, a former senior aide to Bush, will be questioned by Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who was named last September to examine whether former Justice Department and White House officials lied or obstructed justice in connection with the dismissal of federal prosecutors in 2006.

Robert D. Luskin, a lawyer for Rove, declined to comment. Tom Carson, a spokesman for Dannehy, also declined to comment.

Dannehy has operated mostly out of the public spotlight, issuing subpoenas for documents through a federal grand jury in the District. But in recent weeks, she has interviewed other government aides, including former White House political deputies Scott Jennings and Sara Taylor.


Dannehy also has reached out to representatives of former senator Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) and his chief of staff, Steve Bell, in an effort to determine whether New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias was removed improperly.

The firings were the focus of a lengthy report released last fall by the Justice Department's inspector general and the department's Office of Professional Responsibility. Investigators there uncovered improper political motivations in the dismissal of several of the nine fired federal prosecutors.

But the department's own probe was thwarted in part because investigators there did not have the authority to compel testimony from Bush White House advisers and lawmakers.
 

loomixguy

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Didn't Klinton fire 93 of them? Never was a big deal about that. Kinda like the new Sheriff can come into office and can keep or fire the deputies.........his choice.
 
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I agree- replacing US attorneys is normal- and Holder said yesterday he would announce the first bunch of changes very soon....

Problem is- like in the case of Iglesias- he was a Bush appointee-a Republican- that pissed off Domenici because Domenici thought he wasn't moving fast enough on an investigation of some Democrats- and actually followed the ethics of law and wouldn't divulge info on the case to Domenici to use to campaign with-- so Domenici went to Rove to have him fired...
And he was--even after all his job evaluation ratings had given him high marks....
 

Mike

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If U.S. Attorneys are under the beck and call of an Administration, and can be hired & fired at will, which they can, it shouldn't matter if they were fired for wearing the wrong color of shoes.

Are we saying that Clinton's firings had no political motivations whatsoever?

If Clinton fired any AT ALL...... it was because of politics in general, if only just to get his folks in the seats. :lol: :lol:

You're making yourselves look silly for going after Rove on this. :lol: :lol:

Kinda like the blaming of Rove on the Alabama Governor who is jail. The appeals court upheld his conviction except for two minor charges and may INCREASE his sentence to 20 years instead of the 7 he originally got. :lol:
 
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