Rove testifying before CIA leak grand jury(updated)

[cal04]

Rove testifying before CIA leak grand jury
Top White House aide Karl Rove prepared to testify Wednesday for a fifth time before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer’s identity, a person familiar with the case told NBC News.

Rove consulted with his private lawyers before a scheduled afternoon court appearance and was prepared to answer questions about evidence that emerged since his last grand jury appearance last fall, the person said, speaking only on condition of anonymity because of grand jury secrecy rules.

That new evidence includes information that emerged late last year that Rove’s attorney, Robert Luskin, had conversations with Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak during a critical time in the case.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12388079/

Fox News’s White House correspondent Carl Cameron just reported that Rove will testify before the grand jury today.
here's what's on Fox now
Fitzgerald Meets With Federal Grand Jury in CIA Leak Case
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193207,00.html

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Meeting with Fitzgerald Right Now!

Supposedly to clear up a few details.

[rodeodance]

2. msnbc just reported this also.

[rodeodance]

3. no--he is chatting in front of the grand jury -per msnbc

[Sparkly]

5. "Chatting?" nt

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Chatting? I wonder who's stopping off at Bagel Barn on the way in?

"You want some raspberry cream cheese with that cinnamon-raisen bagel?"

[pacalo]

20. What will be their euphemism for the frog march?

"Dressed in his green suit, Rove left the WH for a loooong vacation."

[w8liftinglady]

25. took a stroll...to Federal prison

[Sparkly]

4. All RIGHT!!!

Something's cooking, and it's not just Scooter's goose...

[RobertSeattle]

6. What I meant to say the last time I was here was....

[Imagevision]

7. Timing for indictment ia almost perfect

[Clark2008]

8. OK - is he meeting with Fitzgerald or testifying before the GJ?

I've seen/heard both. It's not the same thing.

[annabanana]

9. MSNBC said "testify"

No press conference expected from Rove's camp. . . maybe later this afternoon.

[rodeodance]

12. in other words--we gotta WAIT AGAIN.

[Clark2008]

13. Thanks.

That's more interesting than if he was just running downtown to have a tete-a-tete with Fitz.

:7

[BuyingThyme]

11. This doesn't sound good, does it? I mean, if Rove was about to

be indicted, he wouldn't be called again, would he? Or would he?

[gkhouston]

14. if he's made a plea bargain, he might be testifying as part of it, no?

If he's trying to "clear something up", he's almost certainly digging a deeper hole with Fitz. I think this is probably good news.

[Clark2008]

15. Sure - if the jury has questions, they're well within their rights

to have Fitzgerald call back a witness for further questioning.

I'd say Fitzgerald has presented his case and now the jury has some questions.

[MADem]

16. Sure he would...let's clear up these little discrepancies, Kkkkarl!

We'll give ya one more chance to come clean, but of course, you won't know, for sure, what others have said....

Who will they believe? Chris (Karl just told me your wife was fair game) Matthews, Tim Russert, or Karl???

[AlCzervik]

17. Let us all join hands an visualize Rove getting indicted.

[kevinbgoode]

18. Well, that's a perjury waiting to happen

Is it even possible for Karl Rove to engage in truth and not "truthiness?"

[Caution]

19. If Rove is meeting with Fitzgerald he is either copping a plea

or he is answering a few more questions that Fitzgerald wants cleared up before asking for an indictment.

Most likely this is a precursor to a plea bargain.

For a plea bargain there are a few scenarios:

1.) Plea the charge down to a lesser charge in order to avoid a trial or a felony charge. Usually this includes cooperation against any other targets (Libby, possibly others)

2.) Plead down the sentencing recommendation again including cooperation against any other targets

As for answering additional questions, this could be a last ditch effort to allow Rove to rescind previous testimony that would require Fitzgerald to bring a perjury indictment. This is dangerous territory for Rove, since if he admits he lied in an attempt to get away from the perjury indictment, he opens himself up to a charge of Obstruction of Justice and also doesn't guarantee that Fitzgerald won't charge him with perjury anyway.

The final possibility is that this is a last ditch effort by Rove to head off charges altogether with an offer to testify. Usually this would require a "bigger fish" It doesn't get much higher level than Rove and Fitzgerald knows this, so the only logical higher up targets would be cabinet members or the VP or the POTUS.

I'm guessing we'll see Rove plead down to a misdemeanor in exchange for testimony against Libby.

[wicket]

21. Excellent!

:kick:

[AnneD]

22. Squeal like a pig..

let me hear ya squeal like a pig. Banjos strumming in the background.

[wicket]

26. "You got a purty mouth"

:rofl:

[lala_rawraw]

23. aww, i love when MSM plays reporters:)

[wicket]

27. Reporting, what's that???

:P

[lala_rawraw]

31. CNN exclusive: Rove has pimple

idiots... how about covering what she was working on or that we are using a terrorist organization inside Iran to commit acts of violence... i am so fed up. This is why I stopped covering Rove going in and out of court, because it eats up from the serious issues. until there is something to write about with regard to Rove, that is to say, like when he sold out Cheney on those emails, going in and out of court and everyone speculating as to why takes away from the much needed attention to a coming catasrophe: IRAN.:(

I throw my hands up, going to nap and will write another story on Iran that will die a fast death and be reported months later by some idiot as an "exclusive"

[w8liftinglady]

24. we need swamp rat to photoshop rove pissing his orange jumpsuit

[Rex_Goodheart]

28. Encore!

When your Republican clowns
Went out according to plan
You should have stayed from the harm,
You should have Dick-clipped the sly old man.

You know you can't roll us forever,
We've seen enough signs from you,
We're not some halfwits for the things you're hopin'
That ploy's too dumb to be slinging...you lose!

So goodbye yellow snitch Rove,
Fare the bog of society's bowels.
You can't plant weeds in the big house
You're gonna slack in some gow!

Back to some convict guy plowing your goods
Hunting your horny back road
Oh he's primed and excited, his future lies
Behind some yellow snitch Rove

[RobertSeattle]

29. If only Fitz would say "I decide who gets indicted - I'm the indicter"

...And it is you and you and you and you...

[catmandu57]

30. I hope he turns into the Angel Martin character

from the Rockford Files. " Do Jimmy, I didn't have anything to do with it". Spineless and groveling.