Reply #29: Michael Roston: Deleted e-mails could prompt obstruction of justice charges ..Rove, ...WH officials

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Deleted e-mails could prompt obstruction of justice charges for Rove, other White House officials
Michael Roston
Published: Monday April 16, 2007
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Deleted_emails_could_prompt_obstruction_of_0416.html


A major government watchdog organization has warned that White House officials, including Karl Rove, could face a number of obstruction of justice charges for the way they used outside e-mail accounts and failed to properly archive e-mails on White House servers.

" Fitzgerald could decide to reopen the case," said Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, referring to the probe over who leaked the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. "And if it turns out that e-mail was deleted from the RNC server as suggested by the Waxman letter, that could lead to new obstruction of justice charges."

Sloan was referring to a letter written by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) to various executive agency heads last week that suggested "White House officials retained the ability to delete e-mails form the RNC server until as recently as this month."

The Waxman letter referred to top White House adviser Karl Rove specifically.

"The RNC does not have any e-mails prior to 2005 for Mr. Rove," the California Democrat wrote. "One possible explanation is that Mr. Rove personally deleted his e-mails from the RNC server."

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