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OPINION

Rove: The
Dems Can't Prove a Thing

Says no evidence he did anything wrong in US attorney firings

Aug 20, 09 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove has been cruelly persecuted. For years now the House Judiciary Committee and the New York Times editorial board have been trying to pin him as the mastermind behind the US attorney firings. Recently the committee called him in for a two-day, 12-hour interview, and what did it discover?... More »

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(Newser) - The House Judiciary Committee released documents today that Democrats say put Karl Rove and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers at the center of the US attorney firing scandal, Politico reports. “Karl Rove and his cohorts at the Bush White House were the driving force behind several of these firings,... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • David C. Iglesias • John Conyers • US attorney firings • Lamar Smith

(Newser) - Two years after leaving the Justice Department in disgrace, Alberto Gonzales is still trying to get back on his feet. In an interview with New York Times Magazine's grand inquisitor Deborah Solomon, the former AG says he's living in an apartment in Lubbock, Texas, where he'll begin a teaching gig... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney firings • attorney general • Deborah Solomon • Texas Tech

Obama Nominates US Attorney Fired Under Bush

Nevada prosecutor 
to get old job back

Aug 1, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A US attorney fired by the Bush administration is set to get his old job back, the Washington Post reports. Daniel Bolger, whose 2006 firing is among those being probed for partisan motivation, has been nominated by President Obama to again be the federal prosecutor for Nevada. Former Attorney General... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • US attorneys scandal • Harry Reid • US attorney firings • Daniel Bogden

(Newser) - Karl Rove was intimately involved in the firing of at least three of the US Attorneys sacked for purportedly political reasons during the Bush administration, emails obtained by the Washington Post show. One note mentions a senator who “asked that we remove the US Atty” and “couldn’t... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • email • Congressional hearings • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings

Rove Tight-Lipped After Grilling Over Attorney Firings

Bush aide cooperated with prosecutor: lawyer

May 15, 09 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove stayed mum as he left an interview with a special prosecutor today about the firing of US attorneys during the Bush administration, the AP reports. Nora Dannehy questioned the former White House aide at his lawyer’s office; she left after about 4 hours. Rove’s attorney said... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings • prosecutors • Nora R. Dannehy

(Newser) - Karl Rove is on the hot seat tomorrow. The former Bush adviser will be interviewed by federal prosecutors as part of a criminal investigation into the firings of US attorneys in 2006, the Washington Post reports. Rove will meet with Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who has been charged... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings • prosecutors • federal prosecution • Nora R. Dannehy

Dems 'Would Love to Have Me Barbecued': Rove

Former Bush aide will testify on attorney firings, governor's prosecution

Mar 5, 09 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Karl Rove is looking forward to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee concerning his alleged role in the sacking of several federal prosecutors, Fox News reports. But beware the “show trial,” Rove said, as “some Democrats would love to have me barbecued.” Rove will also be... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • Don Siegelman • Josh Bolten • John Conyers • US attorney firings

(Newser) - Karl Rove and Harriet Miers have agreed to testify before Congress about the controversial firing of US attorneys, CBS reports. The former Bush aides' testimony will not be public, though that could happen in the future, notes the Public Record. Congress is investigating whether the Bush administration fired the attorneys... More »

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Congress • Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings • George W. Bush

(Newser) - Two-thirds of Americans want an investigation into alleged Bush administration misdeeds, including torture and warrantless wiretapping, a USA Today/Gallup poll shows. Forty percent of respondents would like to see criminal probes; one-quarter would prefer investigations without the possibility of criminal charges. And even more—70% of those surveyed—said... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Department of Justice • US attorney firings • warrantless wiretapping • waterboarding • George W. Bush • criminal investigation • opinion polls • Obama administration • President Obama • truth commission

Rove Will Cooperate in
US Attorney Firings Inquiry

Had refused to take part in earlier investigation

Feb 3, 09 6:49 AM CST
(Newser) - In a reversal, Karl Rove will cooperate with a federal investigation into the firings of nine US attorneys, Talking Points Memo reports. Rove had refused to cooperate in an earlier inquiry on the firings, which Justice Department officials said severely “hindered” the inquiry. A lawyer for Rove says the... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • investigation • US attorneys scandal • US attorney firings • probe

Rove Slapped With Another Subpoena

Conyers demands ex-Bush adviser talk about attorney firings

Jan 26, 09 8:40 PM CST
(Newser) - House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers subpoenaed Karl Rove today to testify about alleged politicization of the Justice Department, USA Today reports. Subpoenaed for the first time last Congress, Rove claimed executive privilege and refused to show. Conyers said that unlike former President Bush, President Obama does not support immunity... More »

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Karl Rove • US attorneys scandal • subpoena • John Conyers • US attorney firings

ANALYSIS

10 Democrats
Obama Must
Watch Out For

Conyers, Feinstein, Biden could be pains
in president's rear

Jan 22, 09 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The good vibrations can’t last forever. Sooner or later,  President Obama is bound to run afoul of members of his own party. Glenn Thrush, in Politico, scopes out the suspects:
  • John Conyers: The irrepressible House Judiciary chairman wants to investigate the US attorneys scandal and other potential
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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • US attorneys scandal • Michelle Obama • Dianne Feinstein • John Conyers • US attorney firings • congressional Democrats • Daniel Inouye • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats • President Obama • Allen Boyd

Mukasey Taps Prosecutor for Attorney Firings Case

Conn. official Dannehy could force likes of Rove to testify

Sep 29, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey appointed a special prosecutor today to look into the attorney firing scandal today, Reuters reports, after an internal investigation came up empty-handed. Many top witnesses, such as Karl Rove, didn’t cooperate, but could now be subpoenaed by Connecticut prosecutor Nora Dannehy. More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Karl Rove • US attorneys scandal • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey

 Bush Aides Must Testify: Judge

Judge rejects administration's interpretation of executive privilege

Jul 31, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turning aside White House arguments that top aides are protected from subpoenas by executive privilege, a judge ruled today that Harriet Miers must testify before a congressional committee on the firings of nine federal prosecutors, the Washington Post reports. Miers and fellow aide Joshua Bolten can, however, invoke executive privilege... More »

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Congress • prosecutor • Harriet Miers • executive privilege • subpoena • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings

US Attorney:
I Was Fired Over Gay Rumors

Official speaks out after damning report on key Gonzales aides

Jul 29, 08 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the US attorneys fired in the 2006 sweep by Alberto Gonzales' Justice Department says she believes rumors of a lesbian relationship with a top prosecutor cost her the job and derailed the prosecutor’s career. “I am persuaded with deep regret that this is what was the... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Monica Goodling • US attorney firings • bias • Margaret Chiara

Cautious Mukasey Disappoints Former Backers

It's 'business as
usual' in AG's office

Jul 23, 08 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Attorney General Michael Mukasey's cautious approach has disappointed one-time backers who hoped for a new direction at the Justice Department, reports the New York Times. He has been reluctant to probe the US attorney firings that triggered predecessor Alberto Gonzales' downfall, and has moved at a snail's pace on issues... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Charles Schumer • Attorney General • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey

 Lawmakers Make Much of Karl Rove's Empty Seat 

Rove defies subpoena, gets snarky 'chair treatment'

Jul 11, 08 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove ignored a subpoena ordering him to appear before a House committee probing alleged abuses of power in the Justice Department yesterday—and the committee didn't let that get in their way. Lawmakers printed a name card for Rove, pointed a mike at an empty chair, fetched a cool... More »

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Department of Justice • Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • Don Siegelman • subpoena • US attorney firings

Probe Finds Bias in Justice Dept. Hiring

Perceived Democratic ties sank applicants for prestigious programs

Jun 24, 08 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department screened applicants to its internship and recruitment programs for conservative attitudes and credentials, rejecting applicants with liberal-sounding resumes, the Washington Post reports. Today's report by the department’s inspector general details a history of partisan hiring practices beginning in 2002 and concludes that the process "undermined... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • US attorneys scandal • conservative • Patrick Leahy • partisanship • US attorney firings

US Attorney Probe Moves Forward

Justice Dept. wants grand jury to hear perjury evidence

Jun 16, 08 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time since it came to light 2 years ago, the US attorneys scandal has gone beyond the investigative phase. The Justice Department has asked for a grand jury to hear evidence as it weighs perjury charges against a former interim US attorney, the Wall Street Journal reports.... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • US attorney firings • grand jury • Bradley Schlozman

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