Fitzgerald says Rove was trying to fire him during CIA leak probe

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Source: Raw Story - by Firedoglake's Marcy Wheeler

In a supplement to his responses to the House Judiciary Committee, Patrick Fitzgerald confirms what we've always suspected: Karl Rove was trying to have Patrick Fitzgerald fired while Fitzgerald was still investigating Rove for his role in leaking Valerie Wilson's identity--and the timing lines up perfectly with the Administration's efforts to fire a bunch of US Attorneys.

Remember back in June, when Fitzgerald publicly suggested he had more details to share with Congress about Rove's efforts to get him fired?

"If I owe a response , I owe it to Congress, first," Fitzgerald said when asked about all this after the verdict.

Well, it turns out Fitzgerald did share those details with Congress. And those details make it clear that Fitzgerald learned Rove was trying to fire him while Fitzgerald was still actively investigating Rove's role in the leak of Valerie Wilson's identity...


Entire article at the link.

Read more: http://rawstory.com//news/2008/Fitzgerald_says_Rove_was_trying_to_0717.html

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Marcy was kind enough to allow us to repost her article as it's lighting up the hamsters at Firedoglake so much that the internets wouldn't let us through!

-Diane