KARL ROVE HAS BEEN INDICTED.

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.

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as Joe Wilson would say...

I'll buy the video.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Me, tomorrow.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

all right!

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

K&R

I'm thinking the same thing.

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

Or everything so far, anyway.

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."

and a month for bush all = 15 hours work

is over.


Their ideology has failed not only themselves but their nation.


We have overcome.

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

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

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

is the one behind pretty much everything.

smart to be radical right. ; )

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

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.

Hot damn!!!!!

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

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

.

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!

Huh, Daddy?!?!

excited....

Happy Mother's Day Valerie Plame

Perhaps they should try.

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

perhaps they could use rove to test a:

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

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

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.

waiting to celebrate. And thank you truthout.

Thanks Will and Truthout.

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

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?????

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

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.

The Poo Fling Wingding!

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

...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!

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.

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.

to change the subject....

Lol

march him out!

let's get the rest of them for treason.

I am SO very happy today!!!!

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

And hopefully he'll lose his edge.

of a hurdle.

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

what for! Woohoo!

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

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

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...

Pass the champagne.

I'll see your Dom Perignon and raise you two Mum Cordon Rouges.

I'm still just kinda numb right now. God Friggin Dayum!

but I won't make it 192, I want more sources

the Novembe it will be a coup.

However, Rove has a spanking new multi-million dollar home in DC so I'm sure he'll be directing the usual republican election smearing, distorting & lying just as if he was doing it from his office at the White House.

Rove is their boy, who will do the dirty work for the republicans and the vindictive Rove enjoys every second doing it...Such as making sure electronic voting machines are ready to be manipulated in the certain precincts around the country where they are necessary to assure the republican majority in congress!!!

a person's mental state! I DO! Not ME, thank God, but some people I've worked for. That indictment takes priority over EVERYTHING in their life!

Some in the Pub Party may still want his advice, but I really doubt his advice will be worth much anymore! There's also a reason for a lot of Pubs to want to put as much distance between THEM, Rove and the WH!

karl`s life from now on will revolve around this indictment. it will consume his every minute of the day until the final verdict is in. he will lay awake at night,he will become ill,and nothing in his life will ever be the same...like robert johnson wrote "And the days keeps on worrying' me--there's a hell hound on my trail" that hell hound is mr fitzgerald

I know he won't feel guilty for a second, but will his ego tell him he has nothing to fear? If so, he could remain a dire threat.

It's a whole other story when someone is guilty and was trying everything to keep it quiet, but gets found out! I don't think Rove's ego or arrogance will matter this time. This time it's HIS ASS! Nope, this will consume his every waking moment, and there will be many, because sleeping will be difficult!

If this puts Rove out of action, it will help a lot.

Like I said in the other response, I just want these criminals acknowledged as such and put in a place where they can no longer harm the rest of us. Considering how the Bush Crime Family has evaded time and again, I am worried that we may be screwed. I don't want it to take a major upheaval, but considering how dense some of our fellow Americans are, that may be the only thing that works.

Kirstie Alley.

Not that the guy has a conscience about his actions but he certainly cares about his own ass and personal circumstances.

implode.

I want these criminals out of power NOW. It's probably too much to ask, but I'd also like them tried for war crimes and sent to the Hague. Mostly I want them where they are in no position to hurt the rest of us anymore.

FIFTH time, how much weight he's lost? I seriously doubt he was merely working toward bikini season. This IS big trouble if it's true and it WILL command a LOT of his attention. Besides, his troubles will all be endured under the glare of the lights of all that publicity and the news hounds who will camp out on his front lawn and infringe upon his privacy and bother his wife and block his driveway and litter his yard and annoy his kid and his kid's friends. It won't be an easy thing to just go "drop by kkkarl's place" after hours anymore as I'm sure some pols have done routinely as they consult his wisdomship for their own careers. He thinks he lives in a fishbowl now? Wait til the indictment comes down. However, you can bet one other thing - I bet if he ever has hus mug shot taken, it'll be all upstanding and smiley like tom delay's was, so the opposition couldn't make much use of it.

to concentrate on elections. He will be worried about JAIL.

strategist is the INDICTED Karl Rove??? I think he becomes spoiled goods at this point. He is finished as a campaign criminal.

beware the frogs of may

Calaveras County Fair Jumping Frog Jubilee



Or can Karl only "frog march" in May?

Happy happy joy joy...

WONDERFUL ! ....

Thanks Will ...

press opportunity on Monday. Bush is going to have a hellacious week next week! The irony that Rove is causing his numbers to slide is BEYOND POETIC JUSTICE!

Congrats on the SCOOP!

No, I'm still awake! What a glorious day it will be when the stench of Turd Blossom no longer hovers over the White House rose garden.

beer.

under the Fitzmas tree?

Thank you VERY SINCERELY!!!

....

...but it seems like we're on the cusp of harmonic divergence!

But I'm going to assume you are so .............

I Really want to BELIEVE!!

THANK YOU !!

Patrick Fitzgerald & all the True patriots at the DOJ!

Three Cheers!!!

they're talking about a whole lot of stuff, like the weather, Mt. St. Helen's, NSA records, Moussaoui, but not a word since the top of the hour on this

anybody else find this peculiar?