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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Rove deep in the US atty firings

I don't know enough of the legal code on this to try and establish his level of jeopardy, but the evidence released today shows political operative Karl Rove was hip deep in the firing of US Attorney David Iglesias.
Former White House political adviser Karl Rove played a central role in the ouster of a U.S. attorney in New Mexico, one of nine prosecutors fired in a scandal in 2006 over political interference with the Justice Department, according to transcripts of closed-door testimony released Tuesday....

The documents show that staffers in Rove's office were actively seeking to have Iglesias removed after Republican figures in New Mexico complained that he was not pursuing voter fraud cases they wanted.


This will likely keep unfuring for a few days, and then we'll have a better grip on Rove's legal jeopardy.

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