COINGATE: (Prosecutor) White touted Bush ties to help get federal post.

[barbaraann]

Article published Friday, July 29, 2005

Now he investigates GOP, Noe
Gregory White sought Bob Taft's help in 2002.
( THE BLADE/ALLAN DETRICH )

By MIKE WILKINSON and STEVE EDER
BLADE STAFF WRITERS

COLUMBUS — U.S. Attorney Gregory White, a leader in a multiagency task force investigating powerful Republicans in Ohio, asked for help from Gov. Bob Taft’s office to get the federal post he now holds, records released by Mr. Taft’s office yesterday show.

Mr. White asked the governor to call President Bush on his behalf in August, 2002. A week later, top Bush aide Karl Rove was given the phone numbers of Brian Hicks, the governor’s former chief of staff.
In February, 2003, after Mr. White was named interim U.S. attorney, Mr. Hicks sent a congratulatory e-mail to Mr. White.
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The e-mails show a relationship between one of the lead attorneys in Ohio’s biggest corruption scandal in decades and the governor whose administration is under intense scrutiny.
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In June, Mr. Conyers sent a letter to Mr. White asking him about his probe. The U.S. attorney’s office was first given evidence about the money laundering allegations on Oct. 12, roughly three weeks before the general election narrowly won by the President, but did not announce the investigation until April.
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http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050729/NEWS24/50729003

[JDPriestly]

1. Special Counsel Needed! I should say so..

Let's keep this kicked. This is a big story. It shows how entrenched the right-wing cabal is in our justice system. Everyone knows and owes everyone else in the clique that governs us today.

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Oh, my stars and whiskers...

[deminks]

3. The Blade is doing such a great job!

Three Cheers! And keep going. "If you guys could get Mitchell(Bush), that would be great." (a flashback from 'All the President's Men').

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[stillcool]

4. Are we there yet?

I could not be more disgusted. Always darkest before the dawn...and somethings GOT to give.

[Hotler]

5. It's all about greed, greed, greed, greed, The rich are not our friends. n