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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2009

Rove Won't Testify, Citing Privilege

(Newser Summary) – The White House has ordered Karl Rove to keep quiet—despite a subpoena by congressional Dems probing the US Attorney firings. In a political fait accompli, counsel Fred Fielding told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the adviser is "immune from compelled congressional testimony" about White House machinations.

Meanwhile, AG Alberto Gonzalez refused to alter his own Senate testimony about warantless wiretapping—even after warnings of a perjury investigation, the Washington Post reports. Gonzalez told Chairman Patrick Leahy that his testimony "may have created confusion," but denied he had lied.
Source: Washington Post

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