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Rove Sought Pics to Soil Ala. Gov: Report

Ex-operative couldn't deliver 'compromising' photos of Democrat

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 22, 2008 5:30 PM CST
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(Newser) – Karl Rove wanted photos taken of the Democratic governor of Alabama having an affair, but the campaign worker appointed to snap the pics found no evidence he was cheating, she tells CBS. Jill Simpson has testified that Rove was involved in the Justice Department's successful corruption case against Don Siegelman, but the allegation scheduled to air on "60 Minutes" Sunday is new, the AP reports.

Rove’s lawyer says his client “never made such a request to her or anyone else.” Simpson says she's speaking out because of discomfort with Spiegelman’s 7-year federal sentence, which has moved a bipartisan group of more than 50 state attorneys general to press for a congressional investigation of the case.

Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman arrives at the federal courthouse in Montgomery, Ala., with his wife, Lori, Thursday, June 28, 2007. Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison Thursday and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy was sentenced to nearly seven years, in a bribery and corruption...
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman arrives at the federal courthouse in Montgomery, Ala., with his wife, Lori, Thursday, June 28, 2007. Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison...   (Associated Press)
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, who arrived at the White House on the Marine One helicopter with President Bush, walks on the South Lawn, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, in Washington. Rove, is retiring in two days. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, who arrived at the White House on the Marine One helicopter with President Bush, walks on the South Lawn, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, in Washington. Rove, is...   (Associated Press)
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman talks with reporters after leaving the federal courthouse in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy was sentenced to nearly seven years Thursday, June 28, 2007, in a bribery...
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman talks with reporters after leaving the federal courthouse in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal...   (Associated Press)
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More details of the story, with link to Scott Pelley's reporter's notebook
CBS News

Story "offers a glimpse of the secret Karl Rove"
Washington Post

CBS has called Sunday's segment one of its 'best pieces of domestic expose journalism'
ThinkProgress

More on the case against Siegelman

Siegelman asks to be freed on appeal
al.com (Ala.)

Simpson's previous testimony
Talking Points Memo

 
Karl Rove • corruption • Don Siegelman • conviction • affair • attorneys general

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