Reply #22: DU kpete: Justice Probes ABRAMOFF TIES TO WHITE HOUSE-Including Rove

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kpete Mon Apr-16-07 08:49 AM
Justice Probes ABRAMOFF TIES TO WHITE HOUSE-Including Rove
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Justice Probes Abramoff Ties To White House
By SCOT J. PALTROW April 16, 2007; Page A7
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x664559

The Justice Department's Public Integrity Section is investigating connections between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House, a probe that may be affected by missing White House emails. ....

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Disclosures last week that large numbers of Mr. Rove's White House email messages and those of other White House officials were erased and possibly permanently lost raised concern on Capitol Hill about possible destruction of evidence relevant to the Abramoff-White House inquiry.

People with direct knowledge of the investigation say that all of Mr. Abramoff's email correspondence was preserved and turned over to prosecutors, including those with the White House. But it isn't clear to what extent Mr. Rove and others in the White House may have exchanged messages among themselves, or with others outside, pertaining to Mr. Abramoff,......

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