MSNBC: ROVE TO BE INDICTED

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 3:24pm

I know I sound like Chicken Little ("Rove is being indicted! Rove is being indicted!"), but these things take their own sweet time.

Those shoes shined yet, YWIW?

MSNBC video link below from thinkprogress.con:

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MSNBC’s Shuster: Signs Point To Rove Indictment

Last night, MSNBC’s David Shuster took a look at recent court filings by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and suggests that Karl Rove is likely to be indicted. Watch it:



Three key points made by Shuster:

1. The latest court documents, for the first time, name Rove as a subject of the investigation.

2. The court documents go out of their way to say that Rove will not be called as a witness in Scooter Libby’s trial, even though Rove is a key part of the narrative. Shuster notes that this is done when prosecutors want to “leave open the possibility of later charging that particular subject in a separate case.”

3. Rove is referred in court documents as “Official A.” Shuster says “in every single case we have found, Keith, that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald when he designates somebody as Official A in an indictment, that person eventually does get indicted themselves.”

(HT: Atrios)

Transcript:

KEITH OLBERMANN: First off, the base line here. Has the status of the Fitzgerald grand jury changed? Has the status of Mr. Rove in the investigation process itself changed?

DAVID SHUSTER: Well, first on the investigation, defense lawyers say that the grand jury investigation is active again and that the panel has been meeting in recent weeks, although prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was not seen at the grand jury this week, and hasn’t been seen there for some time. Now regarding Karl Rove, according to the latest documents, the first time Rove is now described as a subject in the overall case - a subject being a technical term meaning somebody is under investigation. And the latest prosecution documents also go out of their way to suggest that Rove is not going to be a prosecution witness at the Libby trial even though Rove is part of the narrative against Scooter Libby. And the reason that’s significant is because prosecutors usually don’t put subjects on the witness stand for tactical reasons if they want to leave open the possibility of later charging that particular subject in a separate case.

The other thing that has long been intriguing about Karl Rove, and that is, we’ve known for months that in the Scooter Libby indictment when they refer to Official A, Official A is Karl Rove. And the indictment against Libby says that Official A disclosed to Scooter Libby that he had had a conversation with columnist Robert Novak. The reason prosecutors describe an official as an Official A is when there’s pejorative information about that person, and the person has not yet been indicted and had a chance to defend themselves. But we’ve looked at prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s record as far as designating people as Official A or Official B, and in every single case we have found, Keith, that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald when he designates somebody as Official A in an indictment, that person eventually does get indicted themselves. And that’s why I think with everything coming together there is so much intrigue tonight about Karl Rove.


MSNBC’s Shuster: Signs Point To Rove Indictment

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 3:58pm

Getting them shined and ready PJ.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 4:03pm

*brdlwyr standing at the press conference with his arms in a V in honor of a certain BWW poster*

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 4:29pm

Stand Back Buenos Aires!~

(i just need a little patti belt at a moment like this)

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 4:45pm

I've often thought that Dolores Grey would have have been a fierce, if somewhat apolitical, Evita.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 4:47pm

that is the gayest sentence (not involving dry cleaning) that i have ever heard.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 4:49pm

Stick around, baby. They fly out my mouth like lies from Republicans.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 4:59pm

He's watching you, Karl. He's watching you.



RUMOR IS: "Fitzgerald will meet with the grand jury this Wednesday, April 26, to wrap up his case. He will give them the opportunity to ask any questions they want answers to, allow a few days for the FBI to follow-up on these questions, and the present indictments to be handed up by the grand jury in the first week of May, either May 3 or 5."

PapaLovesMambo--feel freee to cut-and-paste this paragraph on May 6 if it doesn't happen.

[mominator]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 5:25pm

PJ, this just must MAKE your day! (or dare I say weekend?)

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 5:32pm

Well, I would celebrate every bad thing that happens to this administration, except it always means something bad is happening to the country too, so it's hard to celebrate.

But Karl Rove has ONLY done bad things to the country--made character assasination politics-as-usual, fostered racism for political ends, used women and gays as scapegoats--so I will break open the good champagne when he gets indicted.

[mominator]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 5:33pm

Save a glass for me please!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 5:40pm

Certainly. Then you can help me pour. We're opening LOTS of bottles!

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 6:33pm

I agree PJ, he is bad for freedom and democracy and we will pop a bottle here. *of course like Addy, my wife pops a bottle just because it is Tuesday*

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:23pm

I've often thought that Dolores Grey would have have been a fierce, if somewhat apolitical, Evita. -Pal Joey

that is the gayest sentence (not involving dry cleaning) that i have ever heard. -Garland Grrrl

This is why I love this board.

Updated On: 4/21/06 at 08:23 PM