KARL ROVE HAS BEEN INDICTED.

[WilliamPitt]

For those who have been waiting for this, here it is. For those who still doubt, well, I guess this is the big throwdown. We are reporting this has happened, we have checked and re-checked our sources. Truthout is breaking this first.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051306W.shtml

Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Report

Saturday 13 May 2006

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs, the law firm representing Karl Rove.

During the course of that meeting, Fitzgerald served attorneys for former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove with an indictment charging the embattled White House official with perjury and lying to investigators related to his role in the CIA leak case, and instructed one of the attorneys to tell Rove that he has 24 hours to get his affairs in order, high level sources with direct knowledge of the meeting said Saturday morning.

Robert Luskin, Rove's attorney, did not return a call for comment. Sources said Fitzgerald was in Washington, DC, Friday and met with Luskin for about 15 hours to go over the charges against Rove, which include perjury and lying to investigators about how and when Rove discovered that Valerie Plame Wilson was a covert CIA operative and whether he shared that information with reporters, sources with direct knowledge of the meeting said.

It was still unknown Saturday whether Fitzgerald charged Rove with a more serious obstruction of justice charge. Sources close to the case said Friday that it appeared very likely that an obstruction charge against Rove would be included with charges of perjury and lying to investigators.

An announcement by Fitzgerald is expected to come this week, sources close to the case said. However, the day and time is unknown. Randall Samborn, a spokesman for the special prosecutor was unavailable for comment. In the past, Samborn said he could not comment on the case.

The grand jury hearing evidence in the Plame Wilson case met Friday on other matters while Fitzgerald spent the entire day at Luskin's office. The meeting was a closely guarded secret and seems to have taken place without the knowledge of the media.

...more...

[Postman]

1. Frog march the crook out of the White House....

as Joe Wilson would say...

[Bozita]

78. ... and film it in HD

I'll buy the video.

[electropop]

119. I'll write the musical score for it.

Daaaaayyyyyummmm! Georgie is going to look back with nostalgia on his 29% approval. W, enjoy it while you can, shithead, it's about to plummet again.

[Ladyhawk]

206. And if it has lyrics, I'll sing it! :) n/t

[electropop]

209. Sorry, I can't write lyrics, but you might like to hum this one:

http://joeorgren.com/oklahoma/bravado.mp3

[calimary]

220. My husband just informed me there IS champagne in the house and

it will soon be put on ice. Just like kkkarl.

I'm a BIG admirer of Jason Leopold's work. He just might be THE best investigative reporter in Washington at the moment. Oh yes, and I will be singing and dancing, too. But I already have my song:

"Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey, GOO-OOD BYE!"

Hell, I'm already humming that one...

Thanks for posting this, Will! Cheers! And yes, you have to check your source(s) on this one, and I'm glad it's plural. I'm glad it's noted in the story that this is pegged to half a dozen White House people and a couple more besides. Attribution, always! You guys are TRUE pros. You put the "big leaguers" to absolute shame. They should be paying you and Jason and Marc Ash the big bucks that the katie courics and diane sawyers and tim russerts and bob woodwards get. I suspect that while they're all in make-up, or rushing to those high-level cocktail parties to rub elbows with the big shots in DC so they can brag about their precious access, outsiders like you guys are busy working and getting the actual job done.

When we toast this, I will also be lifting my glass to you guys.

[electropop]

242. "On ice" - LOL

And you're right, while the fancy high-paid "journalists" are sitting around on their access, Will, Jason, and a few others are doing their jobs for them.

[tsuki]

285. We too have champaign in the house, but thank for the

background music. Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey, GOO-OOD BYE!

Me, tomorrow.

[ray of light]

437. Some interesting comments here.

http://www.progressiveu.org/133433-more-endictments-in-...

[Ladyhawk]

221. I'll see--er, hear--your digital music and raise you an Italian aria.

http://tinyurl.com/c82hk <---Ladyhawk sings "Star Vicino"

I'm humming along with your link...but it will take awhile to learn.

[electropop]

238. Brava, brava!

You have a lovely voice, and from what I could gather at your site, a wicked sense of humor! Is there a home page? I couldn't seem to find one.

[Ladyhawk]

292. Sorry, no home page. ;)

I used to have one, but I let it get very, very outdated and finally pulled it. I keep threatening to make a new one, but so far my threats are hollow.

PM me so we don't hog the Rove/Fitz thread...I'd like to discuss digital music with you.

[Bucky]

391. Henry Mancini already beat you to it. The Elephant March.

The song repeats itself a lot and can be annoying. But maybe I wouldn't get tired of watching a lot of White House elephants doing the walk of shame.

[rodeodance]

268. We will never see that visual, but nice to imagine.

[Flubadubya]

2. Right-O Willliam!

[BooScout]

3. HOT DAMN!

[Robbien]

4. Yay, YayYayYayYay I so needed to hear this good news

all right!

[Jeanette in FL]

5. Geez, William, Just when I was starting to breath normally again

Good work. Jason and Truthout and to you too Will.

[eleny]

6. Thanks for everything Will & Truthout!

K&R

[Bumblebee]

15 hours?! Is this a typo?

[Halliburton]

44. That's an awful long time

I'm thinking the same thing.

[speedoo]

62. Either a typo or a cumulative figure.

15 hours in one day.. no way. But cumulatively since last October, sure.

[electropop]

121. It took 15 hours just to list all the charges.

Or everything so far, anyway.

[TahitiNut]

147. Was it a "half a day Friday," "about 15 hours" or "the entire day"?

All three phrases are used in the first six paragraphs.


"... Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs ..."
"... Fitzgerald was in Washington, DC, Friday and met with Luskin for about 15 hours ..."
"... Fitzgerald spent the entire day (Friday) at Luskin's office."

[havocmom]

177. Half a work day for Fitz, full one for Rove's lawyers

and a month for bush all = 15 hours work

[Roland99]

7. The radical right, the propaganda, the lies, the spying, the deception....

is over.


Their ideology has failed not only themselves but their nation.


We have overcome.

[NewJeffCT]

284. They've been around a lot longer than Karl Rove

And, unfortunately, they will be around longer than him in the future. What happens if the radical right actually gets somebody competent in there?

[Roland99]

288. Are you implying Rove wasn't competent? How do you explain...

taking a miserable failure like GW and turning him into Gov. of TX and then a two-term President of the US?

[NewJeffCT]

308. I had meant Bush

Imagine if they had somebody more competent as president than Bush, or Reagan before him?

[Roland99]

311. Ah, well, in the news of late I think we're seeing more and more that DICK

is the one behind pretty much everything.

[darkmaestro019]

389. Just IMO, anyone smart enough to be competent would be TOO

smart to be radical right. ; )

[PatGund]

416. Don't count your chickens yet

Even if he has been indicted, he's not been convicted.

And do NOT discount this crowd to do ANYTHING to stay in power.

It's not over yet

[Roland99]

423. In order for them to stay in power, they will have to get more radical

and that will turn off even more people.

The only ones left supporting this administration are the batshit insane people we hear on WJ on C-SPAN in the morning and those still posting at freeperville.

Extremism has never been an acceptable form of politics at the polls.

[fooj]

8. I'm preparing my Fitzgiving Feast...

Hot damn!!!!!

[serryjw]

66. One hell of a great Mother Day for Valerie!

There is justice....BUT ohhhhhhhh, it takes so long.

[Bozita]

9. time to ice down that 12 pack

[caledesi]

46. I just called my husband and told him to bring home an ice-cold

six-pack. Yeah, we are going to party! Thanks for the great investigating Will.

[blm]

223. Just put two Coronas in the freezer. Gonna give em 20minutes.

.

[bridgit]

10. Thank heaven for little girls...

Thank heaven for little girls
for little girls get bigger every day!

Thank heaven for little girls
they grow up in the most delightful way!

Those little eyes so helpless and appealing
one day will flash and send you crashin' thru the ceilin'

Thank heaven for little girls
thank heaven for them all,
no matter where no matter who
for without them, what would little boys do?

Thank heaven... thank heaven...
Thank heaven for little girls!

[libnnc]

11. Is it finally Fitzmas now?!?!?

Huh, Daddy?!?!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

12. Oh yeah baby..... even my cereal is gettin' pretty

excited....

[proud patriot]

13. Just in time for Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day Valerie Plame

[sweetheart]

14. If they torture him for the truth, would he like the policy?

Perhaps they should try.

[bridgit]

31. sweetheart, our system can be plodding but this is good news...

[sweetheart]

41. What a great moment

i don't know the thing for that waving smiley, so
:waving smiley:

perhaps they could use rove to test a:

[bridgit]

67. cheers friend, may see you over in your 'postmodernism' thread...

before too long it's just that i remain unconvinced america follows any tract of thought along those lines but for the ability; nay the creed, to remain random-applicable at a moments notice = past/present, or for that matter--->future...it's the 'freedom & liberty thing' gone wild

[Ladyhawk]

176. FYI, it's the word "hi" bracketed by colons, not quotation marks. :) n/t

[mmonk]

328. I say off to a military tribunal!

Electrodes, check, hood, check, dogs on leashes, check....

[bluestateguy]

15. As much as I like Truthout, I want to wait for the official announcement

I want to wait for the official announcement from the prosecutor's office. This is huge news and (possible) news that is this good should be treated with caution. I would hate to be door slammed on something like this.

Let me repeat that I appreciate Truthout's fine work over the years.

[uppityperson]

nothing to add except want to say I am with you on this.

waiting to celebrate. And thank you truthout.

[rodeodance]

100. guess I am ambivilant--drats. But thanks for your work will.

[Robbien]

16. 24 hours from yesterday's meeting, so that means a frog march today?

Thanks Will and Truthout.

[rodeodance]

156. a professional courtesy perhaps.

[Klukie]

17. Holy Shit!!!!!!

You made my day... hell you made my whole week....month....year!!!!!!!!!!

[caledesi]

18. Pitt is da' man! My heart skipped a beat I swear. nt

[onehandle]

19. Ah...Good times. nt

[MADem]

20. If verified, this is gonna totally screw up Monkey's Monday Night TV show

He's supposed to go on the tube at eight on Monday (fuck up Olbermann, the bastard) to give us the scoop on his "handlin' the Messicans" strategery.

Wonder how that will play if Fitz announces on Monday?????

[caledesi]

63. Fitz press conference on Monday? OMG, that would be great.

Can't you picture * stammering and hula-jawing all over the place.

[tavalon]

85. You've got this one backwards

The Chimpy poo fling wingding for Monday night is supposed to deflect from this. As usual, these days, it will not work. Their poor, tired, battle plan is, well, tiring and quite poor.

If it weren't for Bunker Buster Nukes and Diebold, I would be one of the happiest girls alive. That said, despite a tummy virus, I'm feeling pretty okay right about now.

[TorchTheWitch]

331. AHAHAHA!

The Poo Fling Wingding!

BWAHAHAHA! Stop it, you! That's just too damn funny!

[MADem]

375. If they thought a "let's fix the Messican problem, heh, heh" speech

...could deflect from the indictment of the Architect, they're insane. Stupid. Totally out of touch. He could actually come up with a BRILLIANT, equitable, agreeable-to-all plan to resolve the undocumented worker matter (we won't hold our breath, though) and it would be BURIED under any Fitzgerald announcement.

About the only thing that might take the edge off is if he announced that his crack team of scientists discovered a way to turn seawater into gasoline...and I don't think that's in the cards!

[Warren Stupidity]

21. And so this is Fitzmas!

p.s. I am now officially scared shitless about what happens next.

p.p.s thanks Will for having a very thick skin and sticking with DU.

[DoYouEverWonder]

126. Between this

the markets, the dollar and gold by the end of next week we're probably going to think a tsunami hit us.

The fun part is all the people who don't have a clue what's coming. I will enjoy their disappointment.

[jpak]

22. And the Chimp's immigration speech Mon. nite is a ploy

to change the subject....

[texasleo]

23. I want sobbing

Lol

march him out!

[acmavm]

24. Oh my goodness, it's taken so damn long. So very damn long. Now

let's get the rest of them for treason.

[LizW]

25. And Bush promptly calls out the National Guard n/t

[eleny]

26. He's gonna lose his bra-a-a-a-in!

[kpete]

27. I love you and Jason

I am SO very happy today!!!!

[Vincardog]

28. There is a GOD.

[Skidmore]

29. Do such charges eliminate him as the slice and dice

henchman of the GOP this election cycle? It should preclude him from access to certain circles of power, shouldn't it?

[eleny]

39. I figure that it will at least absorb lots of his time

And hopefully he'll lose his edge.

[HereSince1628]

112. Rove will just switch to tele-commuting. The indictment isn't much

of a hurdle.

[DoYouEverWonder]

133. Karl's going to be too busy

from now on trying to keep his ass out of jail, to have much time for anything else.

[Miss Chybil]

30. Hot-diggedy damn! Not only is Rove gone, but you showed the MSM

what for! Woohoo!

[LaPera]

47. Where's he gone to?

Directing the smears & tactics from an office in his home in DC?

[Miss Chybil]

125. He might still be pulling some strings, but they won't have his

undivided attention anymore. Plus, if he has half a brain, he'll want to be careful about what he does for a while.

[calimary]

237. Exactly. Yes, he'll still be working on his "priorities," but I bet there

will be some wind taken out of his sails by this. He WILL have to spend some of that time and energy with his own lawyers, trying to save his own ass. He can't just focus exclusively on the campaigns, much as he'd like to. This will be a SERIOUS distraction, and probably also, headlines for weeks. Everybody other than Jason Leopold will have to try everything they can think of to advance the story for their own network/paper/show/whatever. The bushies may also find themselves diverting a lot of legal muscle over to kkkarl's cause, and perhaps also, at the expense of others (like maybe libby) and others of their friends who need legal assistance. He himself will become priority one - everything will become re-geared towards saving kkkarl. He will not be operating at full strength, even if bushco sends in lots of legal reinforcements. The kkkarl team will still need kkkarl's personal participation to press their case. So, no matter how much he wants to focus singlemindedly on swiftboating Democrats for November, he's gonna have to divert at least some of his attention to his own defense. Even though we can also expect an inevitable presidential pardon for him. I doubt he'll ever see the inside of a jail cell. But one can certainly hope...

[bleever]

32. 20th recommendation.

Pass the champagne.

[Patsy Stone]

162. 95th recommendation.