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Email Fingers Rove in Attorney Scandal

He knew about the firings in 2005

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Mar 16, 2007 12:09 PM CDT

(Newser) – An email released Thursday implicates Karl Rove in the U.S. attorney firings scandal, suggesting he knew of the plotted purges much earlier than previously acknowledged. In a message dated January 6, 2005, a White House lawyer reported that Rove had asked to discuss the... Read full story »

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