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Senate Sends Rove Subpoena

Adviser called over role in attorney firings as Dems urge perjury charges for AG

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(Newser) – The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed presidential strategist Karl Rove today, over his role in the 2006 US attorney firings. Chairman Patrick Leahy said he’d “exhausted every avenue seeking the voluntary cooperation" of Bush's Brain, and was left no option but to force him to appear.

Four members of the committee also formally requested a special counsel to investigate whether Alberto Gonzales perjured himself in comments about the president’s wiretapping program. “It has become apparent that the attorney general has provided at a minimum half-truths and misleading statements," the request to the solicitor general read.

Presidential advisor Karl Rove, right, and White House Counsel Fred Fielding, center, leave the Capitol after meeting with senators Thursday, May 24, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Presidential advisor Karl Rove, right, and White House Counsel Fred Fielding, center, leave the Capitol after meeting with senators Thursday, May 24, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren...   (Associated Press)
President Bush, left, looks over toward Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., right,during their arrival at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 26, 2007. The White House defended Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday against accusations he gave misleading testimony to Congress. Specter, a key Republican...
President Bush, left, looks over toward Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., right,during their arrival at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 26,...   (Associated Press)
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., listens to President Bush speak at American Legislative Exchange Council, Thursday, July 26, 2007 in Philadelphia. Specter, a key Republican senator critical of Gonzales said there was no sign that President Bush's support for the attorney general was weakening. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez...
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., listens to President Bush speak at American Legislative Exchange Council, Thursday, July 26, 2007 in Philadelphia. Specter, a key Republican...   (Associated Press)
With Justice Department staff members in the background at left, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
With Justice Department staff members in the background at left, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, before the Senate Judiciary Committee....   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales takes his seat at the witness table on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, as he prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his role in the U.S. attorney firings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales takes his seat at the witness table on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, as he prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on...   (Associated Press)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2007, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)   (Associated Press)
White House political adviser Karl Rove, right, laughs as he walks with Bill McGurn, Assistant to the President for Speech Writing, left, as they leave the White House in Washington, Friday, May 11, 2007, with President Bush, not shown.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
White House political adviser Karl Rove, right, laughs as he walks with Bill McGurn, Assistant to the President for Speech Writing, left, as they leave the White House in Washington, Friday, May 11, 2007,...   (Associated Press)
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